1899 Columbia Lions football team
Date Opponent Site Result
September 23 at Walton Margaretville , NY W 30-6
October 3 at Rutgers Neilson Field New Brunswick , NJ W 26-0
October 7 at Union ( NY ) Ridgefield Albany , NY W 21-0
October 14 Princeton Manhattan Field New York , NY L 0-11
October 18 NYU Manhattan Field New York , NY W 40-0
October 21 Amherst Manhattan Field New York , NY W 18-0
October 28 Yale Manhattan Field New York , NY W 5-0
November 1 at Stevens St. George 's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken , NJ W 46-0
November 7 Cornell Manhattan Field New York , NY ( rivalry ) L 0-29
November 11 at Army The Plain West Point , NY W 16-0
November 18 Dartmouth Manhattan Field New York , NY W 22-0
November 30 Carlisle Manhattan Field New York , NY L 0-45
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The 1899 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1899 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Sanford, the team compiled a 9-3 record and outscored opponents by a total of including eight shutouts. The 1899 season marked Columbia's return to the sport after not participating in intercollegiate football from 1892 to 1898. Robert R. Wilson was the 1899 team captain. On October 28, 1899, Columbia defeated Yale, 5-0. The result was described by The New York Times as one of the most disastrous defeats Yale has ever experienced in her athletic history. Columbia's freshman back Harold Weekes scored the game's only points on a long touchdown run in the middle of the second half. Three Columbia received honors on the 1899 All-America team: center Jack Wright (Walter Camp second team; New York Sun first team); Weekes (Walter Camp second team); and back Bill Morley (Outing Magazine second team). Coach Sanford was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The team played its home games at Manhattan Field in New York City.