1899 Washington & Jefferson football team

The 1899 Washington & Jefferson football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. Led by S. W. Black in his first and only year as head coach, the team compiled a record of 9–2–1.

1899 Washington & Jefferson football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–2–1
Head coach	S. W. Black (1st season)
Captain	Karl Core
Home stadium	College Park

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
Dickinson			–					6	–	6	–	1
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
Franklin & 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	3:25–3:30 p.m.	Waynesburg	Washington, PA	W 10–0	750–1,000
September 30	3:15 p.m.	Marietta	College Park Washington, PA	W 12–0	800
October 5	4:00 p.m.	California Normal (PA)	College Park Washington, PA	W 44–0
October 7		Otterbein	Washington, PA	W 59–0	600–700
October 13	3:30 p.m.	at Penn State	Beaver Field State College, PA	T 0–0	1,500–2,000
October 21	3:50 p.m.	West Virginia	College Park Washington, PA	W 29–0	400
October 28		Western Reserve	College Park Washington, PA	W 6–0	600
November 4		Ohio Medical	Washington, PA	W 15–0
November 11	3:20 p.m.	Cincinnati	College Park Washington, PA	W 20–0
November 18	3:00 p.m.	Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–6
November 25		Westminster (PA)	College Park Washington, PA	W 48–0
November 30		at Duquesne Country and Athletic Club	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–18	15,000–18,000