1899 Lafayette football team explained
| Year: | 1899 |
| Team: | Lafayette |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 12–1 |
| Head Coach: | Samuel B. Newton |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Captain: | Edward Bray |
| Stadium: | March Field |
The 1899 Lafayette football team represented Lafayette College in the 1899 college football season. Lafayette shut out 10 opponents and finished with a 12–1 record in their first year under head coach Samuel B. Newton. Significant games included victories over Penn (6–0), Lehigh (17–0 and 35–0), and Cornell (6–5), and its sole loss coming against co-national champion Princeton (0–12). The 1899 Lafayette team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 253 to 23.[1] [2]
Two Lafayette players received recognition on the 1899 College Football All-America Team. They are: fullback Edward G. Bray (Outing magazine, 2nd team;[3] Charles E. Patterson, 1st team);[4] and guard H. E. Trout (Walter Camp, 3rd team).[5]
Players
The following players were regulars on the 1899 Lafayette football team.[6]
Backs
- Edward G. "Ned" Bray - fullback, 5 feet, 11 inches, 174 pounds
- Walter Hubley - quarterback, 5 feet, 8 inches, 155 pounds
- Ross G. Knight - left halfback, 5 feet, 11 inches, 160 pounds
- J. E. Platt - right halfback, 5 feet, 9 inches, 167 pounds
Linemen
- Charles Schmidt - right guard, 5 feet, 10 inches, 182 pounds
- Ned Ely - left end, 6 feet, 170 pounds
- John Chalmers - left tackle and captain, 5 feet, 11 inches, 170 pounds
- W. E. Bachman - center, 6 feet, 191 pounds
- D. R. Brown - right end, 6 feet, 172 pounds
- Joe Wiedenmayer - right tackle, 6 feet, 177 pounds
- H. E. Trout - left guard, 5 feet, 11 inches, 190 pounds
- L. P. Butler - guard
- R. A. Freed - tackle
Notes and References
- Web site: 1899 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. November 23, 2015.
- Web site: Lafayette Yearly Results (1895-1899). David DeLassus. College Football Data Warehouse. November 23, 2015. September 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906041126/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/l/lafayette/1895-1899_yearly_results.php. dead.
- News: Football. The Outing Magazine. Jan 1900.
- Web site: All-America Addendum -- Part 2. College Football Historical Society Newsletter. November 2008. 2015-11-25. 2012-06-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013547/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv12/CFHSNv12n2b.pdf. dead.
- Collier's Weekly. Sport of the Amateur on Field and Water. 20. 24. 15. January 13, 1900. Google books.
- News: Football. The Lafayette. January 12, 1900. 103–105.
