1899 Delaware football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
  • Herbert Rice (3rd season; first game)
  • Wentz (by late October)
1899 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
VMI   –  –0 –0
VPI   –  4 –1 –0
Delaware   –  6 –2 –0
Arkansas   –  3 –1 –1
Georgetown   –  5 –2 –1
Texas A&M   –  4 –2 –0
Oklahoma   –  2 –1 –0
Baylor   –  2 –1 –1
Guilford   –  2 –1 –1
Navy   –  5 –3 –0
Virginia   –  4 –3 –2
Add-Ran   –  0 –0 –1
Richmond   –  2 –2 –0
South Carolina   –  2 –3 –0
West Virginia   –  2 –3 –0
William & Mary   –  2 –3 –0
North Carolina A&M   –  1 –2 –2
Davidson   –  1 –3 –1
Maryland   –  1 –4 –0
Marshall   –  0 –0 –1

The 1899 Delaware football team represented Delaware College—now known as the University of Delaware—as an independent during the 1899 college football season.[1] The team posted a 6–2 record.

Herbert Rice began his third season as the team's head coach but resigned after the first game to play football for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club of Pittsburgh.[2][3] By late October, Delaware was being led by a coach Wentz from Princeton,[4] and by early November, By Dickson was coaching along with Wentz.[5] Rice returned from Pittsburgh after Delaware had finished its season.[6][7]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30at Wilmington High SchoolWilmington, DEW 5–0
October 7Tome InstituteNewark, DEW 76–0
October 14at Pennsylvania MilitaryChester, PAW 23–0
October 18at Swarthmore
L 0–17[8]
October 21Wilmington Conference AcademyNewark, DEW 56–0
October 28HaverfordNewark, DEL 0–23
November 8MarylandWilmington, DEW 34–0
November 18at Wilmington Conference AcademyDover, DEW 35–0

References

  1. ↑ "1899 Football Schedule - University of Delaware Athletics". Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Delaware's Snappy Play". The Morning News. Wilmington, DE. October 4, 1899. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "H. L. Rice To Play Football". The Morning News. Wilmington, DE. October 4, 1899. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Stronger Team for Delaware". Evening Journal. Wilmington, DE. October 27, 1899. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Del. College Foot Ball". The Morning News. Wilmington, DE. November 7, 1899. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "H. L. Rice To Return". Evening Journal. Wilmington, DE. December 1, 1899. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Social and Personal Notes". Evening Journal. Wilmington, DE. December 4, 1899. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Swarthmore Defeats Delaware". The Philadelphia Times. October 19, 1899. p. 10. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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