1899 Geneva Covenanters football team

1899 Geneva Covenanters football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–3–1
Captains
  • William Lewis
  • A. T. Smith
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
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
  –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1899 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. The team finished with a record of 0–3–1. William Lewis was made captain in the preseason;[1] A. T. Smith later appeared as captain.[2][3][4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7at ThielGreenville, PAL 5–6[5]
October 14at AlleghenyMeadville, PAL 0–6[6]
October 21at Westminster (PA)New Wilmington, PAL 0–60[7]
October 28Lawrenceville Athletic ClubBeaver Falls, PAT 0–0[a][8][3]
November 4Westminster (PA)Beaver Falls, PACancelled [9]

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Notes

  1. ^ A Geneva touchdown was disallowed by the officials but claimed as valid by the team, which recorded the game as a 6–0 victory.

References

  1. ^ "Geneva Football Dates". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 20, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Same Old Story". The Evening Republican. Meadville, PA. October 16, 1899. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Score in Dispute". The Pittsburg Press. October 29, 1899. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Glasgow, William Melancthon (1908). The Geneva Book: Comprising a History of Geneva College and a Biographical Catalogue of the Alumni and Many Students. Philadelphia: Westbrook Publishing. p. 166.
  5. ^ "Intercollegiate Games". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 8, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Intercollegiate League". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 15, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Intercollegiate League". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 22, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "A Wrangle at Beaver Falls". The Pittsburg Post. October 29, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Westminster Ready For Geneva". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 4, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Geneva Football Record Book" (PDF). Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: Geneva College. 2021. p. 4. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
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