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1899 Vermont Green and Gold football team

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1899 Vermont Green and Gold football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumAthletic Park
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

The 1899 Vermont Green and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1899 college football season. In their second year under head coach D. M. McLaughlin, the team compiled a 5–3 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5Brigham Academy
W 23–0[1]
October 16Montpelier Seminary
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
W 18–5[2]
October 21Middlebury
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
W 49–0[3]
October 24Norwich
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
W 13–0[4]
October 28Massachusetts
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
L 6–11[5]
November 4New Hampshire
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
L 5–6[6]
November 11vs. Colgate
W 6–0[7]
November 25at Holy Cross
L 0–45[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Varsity wins from Brigham". The Burlington Free Press & Times. October 6, 1899. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "U.V.M. beat the Seminary at football yesterday". Montpelier Evening Argus. October 17, 1899. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Middlebury outclassed". The Burlington Free Press & Times. October 23, 1899. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Vermont 13, Norwich 0". The Boston Globe. October 25, 1899. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Vermont defeated, her football team falls before the Amherst Aggies". The Burlington Free Press & Times. October 30, 1899. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lost a close game". The Burlington Free Press & Times. November 6, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Vermont 6, Colgate 0". Democrat and Chronicle. November 12, 1899. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vermont defeated; Lost Saturday's foot ball game at Worcester, Mass". The Burlington Free Press & Times. November 27, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.