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1899 Swarthmore Quakers football team

The 1899 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1–2 record.[1] George H. Brooke was the head coach.[2]

1899 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–2
Head coach
Home stadiumWhittier Field
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   12 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   8 – 1 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 1
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
New Hampshire   –   4 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 0
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 9 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 3 – 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30Swarthmore alumni
W 27–0[3]
October 7Lafayette
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
L 6–16[4]
October 14at UrsinusNorristown, PAT 5–5[5]
October 18Delaware
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 17–0[6]
October 21Johns Hopkins
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 22–0[7]
October 25at Rutgers
W 34–0[8]
October 28Stevens
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 22–0[9]
November 4at DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 6–5[10]
November 7PennPhiladelphia, PAT 5–5[11]
November 18at HaverfordHaverford, PA (rivalry)W 32–12[12][13]
November 30at Franklin & Marshall
W 12–0[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Swarthmore Progressing: The Football Men Have Confidence in Coach George Brooke". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 1, 1889. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Swarthmore's Encouraging Game". The Philadelphia Times. October 1, 1889. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Quakers in a Fray: Lafayette College Downs Swarthmore in a Fiercely Played Contest". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1899. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ursinus Ties Swarthmore: Former Would Have Won But for Lerch's Bad Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 15, 1899. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Swarthmore Defeats Delaware". The Philadelphia Times. October 19, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Swarthmore Wins: Rolls Up Twenty-Two Points, and Hopkins Fails to Count". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 22, 1899. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Swarthmore Wins From Rutgers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Swarthmore and Stevens: Quakers Outplay Their Rivals and Win Easily". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1899. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Swarthmore's Close Call: Dickinson Was Beaten in a Hard Game by One Point". The Philadelphia Times. November 5, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Tie At Swarthmore: Pennsylvania Plays a Half-Hour game With George Brooke's Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 8, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Swarthmore's Great Victory: For the First Time in Four Years She Wins From Haverford". The Philadelphia Times. November 19, 1889. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Evenly Matched Teams: Outcome of the Haverford-Swarthmore Game Is Hard to Predict". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1899. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Foot Ball Games On Many Fields". The News-Journal. December 1, 1899. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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