1899 Dartmouth football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1899 Dartmouth football 1899 Dartmouth football team.jpg 285 Independent 2–7 William Wurtenburg 5th Joseph Wentworth The 1899 Dartmouth football team represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. This season was the least successful under head coach William Wurtenburg. Of the nine games played during the year, only two were won. The team finished with the worst win percentage (.286) since the 1883 squad went winless, albeit against one team. The season began with easy defeats of Phillips Exeter Academy and 1899 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoine. That luck quickly changed and the team dropped seven straight games. After being shut out by Yale, they lost in a close match to Williams. Following another close loss, Army, Dartmouth was defeated by Wesleyan.Staff 2013 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2585&year=1899 William Wurtenburg coaching record1899 William C. "Bill" Wurtenburg Records by Year College Football Data Warehouse December 7, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140505072916/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2585&year=1899 May 5, 2014 dead The following game was the low point of the season, a 21–0 loss to Harvard. It was the worst defeat by the Crimson in nearly a decade. The year concluded with lopsided defeats by Columbia and Brown. Schedule September 30 w 1899 Phillips Exeter Academy Philips Exeter Academy Hanover, NH 16–5 Dartmouth 16, Exeter 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98244148/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 1, 1899 16 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com October 7 w 1899 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoin Hanover, NH 37–0 Dartmouth 37, Bowdoin 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98244362/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 8, 1899 22 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com October 14 l y Yale Newton Athletic Association grounds Newton, MA 0–16 Yale Defeats Dartmouth The New York Times October 15, 1899 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16361025/yale_defeats_dartmouth/ Newspapers.com October 21 l Williams Hanover, NH 10–12 Williams 12, Dartmouth 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98244565/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 22, 1899 2 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com October 28 l y Army The Plain West Point, NY 2–6 West Point Beats Dartmouth https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98244665/chicago-tribune/ Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois October 29, 1899 17 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com November 4 l y Wesleyan Andrus Field Middletown, CT 0–11 Wesleyan 11, Dartmouth 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98244806/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 5, 1899 21 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com November 11 3:00 p.m. l y Harvard Soldiers' Field Boston, MA rivalry 0–21 3,000 Amusing Incident https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98244998/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 11, 1899 8 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com By Small Score https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245102/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 12, 1899 1 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com By Small Score (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245159/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 12, 1899 5 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com Harvard Wins In Mud https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245337/chicago-tribune/ Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois November 12, 1899 18 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com November 18 l y Columbia Manhattan Field New York, NY 0–22 1,000–1,500 Columbia Wins, 22 To 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245549/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 19, 1899 9 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com Columbia 22, Dartmouth 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245644/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 19, 1899 23 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com November 25 2:00 p.m. l y Brown Providence, RI 5–16 Brown Vs Dartmouth https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97525188/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 25, 1899 5 March 13, 2022 Newspapers.com Brown Defeats Dartmouth https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97525317/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 26, 1899 12 March 13, 2022 Newspapers.com References Dartmouth Category:Dartmouth Big Green football seasons Dartmouth football