1899 Harvard Crimson football team

1899 Harvard Crimson football
National champion
Conference	Independent
1899 record	10–0–1
Head coach	Benjamin Dibblee (1st year)

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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	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*		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		W 16–0
November 11		Dartmouth*		Cambridge, MA		W 11–0
November 18		Yale*		Cambridge, MA (Rivalry)		T 0–0
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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 University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 5, 2013.