1899 Carlisle Indians football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1899 Carlisle Indians football 1899carlisle.jpg 285 Independent 9–2 Pop Warner 1st Martin Wheelock Indian Field The 1899 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1899 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Pop Warner, the Indians compiled a record of 9–2 and outscored opponents 383 to 46. Frank Hudson was the quarterback and drop-kicker for the 1899 Carlisle Indian team. In a 22–10 loss to Harvard, Hudson's kicking was again a featured attraction. The New York Times reported: "And now came the feature of the game, for which everybody had been waiting. The Indians advanced the ball to Harvard's thirty-five-yard line, when Hudson dropped back for a goal from the field. A second later and the pigskin went straight through the goal posts, and everybody was digging his neighbors' ribs and saying, 'I told you so.'"Harvard 22; Carlisle, 10 The New York Times October 29, 1899 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/10/29/100456983.pdf For the first time, Carlisle defeated one of the "Big Four" of college football, defeating Penn by a score of 16 to 5. The 1899 Carlisle team drew further acclaim after defeating Columbia, 45–0, in a Thanksgiving Day game played at Manhattan Field near the Polo Grounds in New York. Hudson drop-kicked four goals from touchdown and one field goal in the victory over Columbia. The New York Times cited Hudson's use of the drop kick technique as one of the features of the game:"The other novelty was the way in which Hudson kicked goals. Instead of making a kick from a placed ball held by one of his eleven he chose to make all his tries for a goal by a drop kick, and he succeeded in most of his efforts. It was a new feature for a match game, though frequently tried in practice."Indians Routed Columbia: Football Game on Manhattan Field Ended with the Score 45 to 0 The New York Times December 1, 1899 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/12/01/100458579.pdf With 10,000 fans in attendance,The Team That Invented Football: Just two decades after Wounded Knee, the Carlisle Indian School transformed a plodding, brutal college sport into the fast, intricate game we know today Sally Jenkins 2007-04-19 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/04/19/carlisle0423/index.html Sports Illustrated https://archive.today/20120714011842/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/04/19/carlisle0423/index.html July 14, 2012Alternate source: Sally Jenkins The Team That Invented Football: Just two decades after Wounded Knee, the Carlisle Indian School transformed a plodding, brutal college sport into the fast, intricate game we know today Sports Illustrated 2007-04-19 http://www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/team_that_invented_football.htm 2015-04-04 Native Village.org 2015-04-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20150410204155/http://www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/team_that_invented_football.htmSally Jenkins The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation 175 Random House 2008 978-0-7679-2624-9 Isaac Seneca was the star of the game, having two runs of 30 yards and another of 40 yards.Beaten by Indians: Columbia Given the Severest Whipping of the Season The Salt Lake Tribune December 1, 1899 A press account of the game said: "The Indians were in prime physical condition and bore through the Columbia line and skirted the ends at will. At least eight times the Carlisle backs got around the ends for runs of thirty to sixty yards. Most of these runs were made by Seneca and Miller." For just the second time in history, an eastern team traveled to the Pacific coast. Carlisle defeated the California Golden Bears on December 25 in San Francisco by a score of 2–0.Masters of the Gridiron Against Local Champions San Francisco Call San Francisco, CA December 23, 1899 5 https://www.newspapers.com/image/87854807/Carlisle Indians Win Beatrice Daily Express Beatrice, NE December 26, 1899 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32149735/carlisle_vs_cal_1899_east_vs_west_first/ The news reported the contest as the first matchup of East and West, but was pre-dated by the 1894 Chicago vs. Stanford football game. Like the Chicago vs. Stanford game before it, the Carlisle vs. California game foreshadows the first bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl. At the end of the 1899 season, Seneca was elected as captain of the 1900 team, though he opted to play professional football rather than return in 1900.Seneca Captains the Indians The Sun December 8, 1899Seneca to Direct the Indians The Philadelphia Inquirer December 7, 1899 Seneca was also honored by being named a first-team All-American—the first Carlisle player and the first American Indian to be so honored.Our changing football heroes The Saturday Evening Post Article January 1, 1989 With its only two losses having come to Harvard and Princeton (ranked first and second in the country), the 1899 Carlisle team was ranked no. 4 in the country by Walter Camp. Schedule September 23 w y 1899 Gettysburg Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA 21–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-gettysburg-shut-out/200483380/ The Pittsburgh Press Gettysburg shut out September 24, 1899 June 28, 2026 Newspapers.com September 30 w 1899 Susquehanna Crusaders Susquehanna Indian Field Carlisle, PA 56–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-indians-are-vi/200483477/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Indians are victorious October 1, 1899 June 28, 2026 Newspapers.com October 14 w y Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 16–5 15,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/minneapolis-daily-times-quakers-scalped/200483588/ The Minneapolis Times Quakers scalped October 15, 1899 June 28, 2026 Newspapers.com October 21 w y Dickinson Carlisle, PA 16–7 The Indian Helper XV December 1, 1899 6 https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/default/files/docs-publications/IndianHelper_v15n06.pdf Schedule for football October 28 l y Harvard Soldiers' Field Boston, MA 10–22 13,000 Harvard Only One of the Big Four to Win: Harvard 22, Indians 10 The Boston Post October 29, 1899 1, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98468445/harvard-only-one-of-the-big-four-to/ Newspapers.com November 4 w y 1899 Hamilton Continentals Hamilton Genesee Park Utica, NY 32–0 Indians Easily Beat Hamilton https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/157740108/ The New York Times New York, New York November 5, 1899 6 October 24, 2024 Newspapers.com November 11 2:40 p.m. l y Princeton Manhattan Field New York, NY 0–12 8,000 Tigers Score Twice And Shut Out Indians https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle/157369636/ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York November 12, 1899 11 October 18, 2024 Newspapers.com November 25 w 1899 Oberlin Yeomen Oberlin Carlisle, PA 81–0 The Indians Defeat Oberlin University At Carlisle https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76674020/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 26, 1899 12 April 28, 2021 Newspapers.com November 30 w y Columbia Manhattan Field New York, NY 45–0 Columbia 9 The Sun New York, NY December 4, 1899 Via https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1899-12-04/ed-1/?sp=9&st=text&clip=94,2267,724,316&ciw=445&rot=0 Image 9 of The sun (New York [N.Y.]), December 4, 1899 Library of Congress December 25 w y California Richmond Field San Francisco, CA 2–0 Story Of The Great Battle From Line To Line https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84757963/the-san-francisco-call/ The San Francisco Call San Francisco, California December 26, 1899 3 September 5, 2021 Newspapers.com Story Of The Game (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84757994/the-san-francisco-call/ The San Francisco Call San Francisco, California December 26, 1899 11 September 5, 2021 Newspapers.com January 1 5:30 p.m. w y Phoenix Indians Phoenix Park Phoenix, Arizona Territory 86–6 Carlisle Indians Win In Arizona https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84763845/arizona-republic/ The Arizona Republican Phoenix, Arizona January 1, 1900 4 September 5, 2021 Newspapers.com Carlisle Indians Win In Arizona https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84763937/the-sentinel/ The Sentinel Carlisle, Pennsylvania January 3, 1900 3 September 5, 2021 Newspapers.com https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/origins-of-the-college-football-bowl-system Origins of the College Football Bowl System Jan 11, 2021 Football Archaeology https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/carlisle/1899-schedule.html 1899 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results College Football at Sports-Reference.com See also 1899 College Football All-America Team References Carlisle Category:Carlisle Indians football seasons Carlisle Football