1899 Boston College football team

1899 Boston College football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–1–1
Head coach	John Dunlop (3rd season)
Captain	John Kelley, Charlie Kiley
Home stadium	South End Grounds

1899 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
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 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. Led by third-year head coach John Dunlop, Boston College compiled a record of 8–1–1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Exeter Academy		W 2–0
September 30	at Bates	Garcelon Field Lewiston, ME	T 0–0
October 11	at MIT		W 24–0
October 14	Newton Athletic Club		W 6–0
October 21	at New Hampshire	Durham, NH	W 6–0
October 26	at Andover Academy	Andover, MA	W 6–0
October 28	at Amherst	Amherst, MA	W 18–0		[1]
November 4	All-College	South End Grounds Boston, MA	W 6–0
November 18	at Brown	Providence, RI	L 0–18	400	[2]
November 30	Holy Cross	South End Grounds Boston MA (rivalry)	W 17–0	6,000	[3]

References

1. "Amherst Team Outplayed". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 29, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
2. "Brown 18, Boston College 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 19, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "B.C.'s Grand Victory; Holy Cross Only Once Came Near Goal Line". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. December 1, 1899. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.