1899 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1899 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1899 college football season. The team finished with a 10–0–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation. Princeton compiled a 12–1 record and was named the national champion by two other selectors.[1] They outscored their opponents 210 to 10.[2]

1899 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, and NCF)
Conference	Independent
1899 record	10–0–1
Head coach	Benjamin Dibblee (1st season)

1899 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					10	–	0	–	1
Buffalo			–					6	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					12	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	1	–	1
Carlisle			–					9	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					2	–	0	–	2
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	1
Western Univ. of Penn.			–					3	–	1	–	1
Columbia			–					9	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					8	–	3	–	2
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Geneva			–					2	–	1	–	0
New Hampshire			–					4	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					4	–	4	–	0
Army			–					4	–	5	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					4	–	6	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Amherst			–					4	–	7	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Lehigh			–					2	–	9	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	9	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	Williams	Cambridge, MA	W 29–0
October 4	Bowdoin	Cambridge, MA	W 13–0
October 7	Wesleyan	Cambridge, MA	W 20–0
October 11	Amherst	Cambridge, MA	W 41–0
October 14	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 18–0
October 18	Bates	Cambridge, MA	W 29–0
October 21	Brown	Cambridge, MA	W 11–0
October 28	Carlisle	Cambridge, MA	W 22–10
November 4	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 16–0
November 11	Dartmouth	Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 11–0
November 18	Yale	Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	T 0–0

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References

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
2. "1899 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.