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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1899
| team = Minnesota Golden Gophers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Big Ten Conference|Western Conference]]
| short_conf = Western
| record = 6–3–2
| conf_record = 0–3
| head_coach = [[Jack Harrison (American football)|Jack Harrison]] & [[William C. Leary]]
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Buzz Schandrett
| stadium = [[Northrop Field]]
}}
{{1899 Western Conference football standings}}
The '''1899 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team''' represented the [[University of Minnesota]] in the [[1899 college football season]]. The Golden Gophers compiled a 6–3–2 record (0–3 against [[Big Ten Conference|Western Conference]] opponents) and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 149 to 79.<ref>{{cite web|title=1899 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=November 1, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/minnesota/1899-schedule.html}}</ref>

[[Jack Harrison (American football)|Jack Harrison]] and [[William C. Leary]] and were head coaches for the 1899 season. They coached the team as a part of a new alumni coaching program. Although most around the program considered the experiment a success, the program was discontinued with the hiring of the university's first full-time salaried coach, [[Henry L. Williams]].<ref name="Years">{{cite book | last = Men's Intercollegiate Athletic Department of the University of Minnesota |editor=Ralph Turtinen | title = 100 Years of Golden Gopher Football | publisher = John Roberts | year = 1981 }}</ref>{{rp|15}} The 1899 season was the only season under head coaches Leary and Harrison. This season's 0–3 record left Minnesota in a last place tie with [[1899 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]].

[[Northrop Field]] was first used as the home field of the University of Minnesota this year with most of the credit for securing it going to former coach [[Frederick S. Jones]] and former Governor [[John S. Pillsbury]].<ref name="General">{{cite book | last = The General Alumni Association |editor=Martin Newell | title = The History of Minnesota Football | publisher = The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota | year = 1928 }}</ref>{{rp|11}}{{rp|27}}

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Minneapolis Central High
| site_stadium = [[Northrop Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, MN]]
| score = 20–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1899|team=Macalester Macs|title=Macalester}}
| site_stadium = Northrop Field
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 29–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[Shattuck-Saint Mary's|Shattuck]]
| site_stadium = Northrop Field
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 40–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1899|team=Carleton|title=Carleton}}
| site_stadium = Northrop Field
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 35–5
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1899 Iowa State Cyclones football team|Iowa State]]
| site_stadium = Northrop Field
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 6–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1899|team=Grinnell Pioneers|title=Grinnell}}
| site_stadium = Northrop Field
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 5–5
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1899 Northwestern Purple football team|Northwestern]]
| site_stadium = Northrop Field
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 5–11
| attend = 3,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Purple Wins at Last: Northwestern Team Proves Victorious Over Minnesota|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 5, 1899|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21050111/purple_wins_at_last_northwestern_team/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Alumni
| site_stadium = Northrop Field
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 6–5
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1899|team=Beloit Buccaneers|title=Beloit}}
| site_stadium = Northrop Field
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 5–5
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1899 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
| site_stadium = Northrop Field
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| gamename = [[Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 0–19
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 25
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1899 Chicago Maroons football team|Chicago]]
| site_stadium = [[Stagg Field|Marshall Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Chicago|Chicago, IL]]
| score = 0–29
| attend = 8,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Easy for Maroons|newspaper=The Sunday Inter Ocean|date=November 26, 1899|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3063054/easy_for_maroons/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>
}}
}}

==Roster==
* ''Ends'', Dobie (left end), Henry "Buzz" Scandrett (captain and right end) and Fosseen (right end)
* ''Tackles'', Otte, Gray (left tackle), Hoyt, Mueller (right tackle)
* ''Guards'', Aune (left guard), Tifft, Flynn (right guard)
* ''Center'', Page
* ''Quarterback'', Cole, Rogers
* ''Halfbacks'', Evans, Bernhagen (left half), Kienholtz, Freeman (right half)
* ''Fullback'', Glover.<ref name="General"/>{{rp|70}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Minnesota Golden Gophers football navbox}}

[[Category:1899 Western Conference football season|Minnesota]]
[[Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football seasons]]
[[Category:1899 in sports in Minnesota|Minnesota Golden Gophers football]]

1899 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team - Revision history

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