1899 Auburn Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1899
| team = Auburn Tigers
| sport = football
| image = 1899Auburn.png
| image_size = 285
| caption =
| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = SIAA
| record = 3–1–1
| conf_record = 2–1–1
| head_coach = John Heisman
| hc_year = 5th
| off_scheme = Hurry-up offense
| def_scheme =
| captain = Arthur Feagin
| stadium =
}}
{{1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1899 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Tigers went 3–1–1, outscoring their opponents 148–11 and holding four opponents scoreless. This team was noteworthy as the last to be coached by Tigers head coach, John Heisman. It is also one of the first teams to employ a Hurry-up offense.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewareaglereader.com/2013/08/john-heisman-on-auburns-hurry-up-offense/|title = John Heisman: Auburn 'the first to show what could be done' with the hurry-up offense}} As Heisman recalled: {{blockquote|The team of '99—my last at Auburn—was a great one. It only weighed about 160 (pounds per player), but its speed and team work were something truly wonderful. I do not think I have ever seen so fast a team as that was. It would line up and get the ball in play at times before the opposing players were up off the ground. You see it was a 'stunt' of ours to catch them off side and get the benefit of the penalty. Nowadays no team is taken by surprise by such lightning lining up; but that Auburn team of '99 was the first to show what could be done with speedy play, and then it wasn't long before all other teams were laboring with might and main to inject speed into their work.}}
In Heisman's opinion, this was his best team while at Auburn.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1944523//|work=Atlanta Constitution|title=Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had|date=February 19, 1911|access-date=March 8, 2015|page=52|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
The squad is also remembered as the only team to score in the legendary 1899 Sewanee team that went undefeated and beat Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, LSU and Ole Miss over a 6-day span. Auburn lost their matchup to the "Iron Men" by a single point.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = w
| opponent = Georgia Tech
| site_stadium = Drill Field
| site_cityst = Auburn, AL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 63–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-auburn-defeats/140803708/|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|title=Auburn defeats the Techs|date=October 15, 1899|accessdate=February 12, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Montgomery Athletic Club
| site_stadium = Drill Field
| site_cityst = Auburn, AL
| score = 40–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-montgomery-boy/140803839/|newspaper=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Montgomery boys show up well|date=October 22, 1899|accessdate=February 12, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = w
| opponent = Clemson
| site_stadium = Drill Field
| site_cityst = Auburn, AL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 34–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-auburn-keeps-u/140803964/|newspaper=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Auburn keeps up her fast game|date=October 29, 1899|accessdate=February 12, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = t
| away = y
| opponent = Georgia
| site_stadium = Piedmont Park
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-telegraph-auburn-had-game-but/140804103/|newspaper=The Macon Telegraph|title=Auburn had game but darkness ended the football contest with University of Georgia|date=November 19, 1899|accessdate=February 12, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| w/l = l
| opponent = Sewanee
| site_stadium = Riverside Park
| site_cityst = Montgomery, AL
| score = 10–11
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-sewanee-wins-the-t/140804266/|newspaper=The Commercial Appeal|title=Sewanee wins the tie|date=December 1, 1899|accessdate=February 12, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
{{cite book |title=2009 Auburn Football Media Guide |year=2009 |page=182 |publisher=Auburn Media Relations Office |location=Auburn, Alabama |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/aub/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-fb-mg-sec5.pdf |access-date=2012-12-20 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006152710/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/aub/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-fb-mg-sec5.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/aub-m-footbl-sched-1899.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901133940/http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/aub-m-footbl-sched-1899.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2012|title=1899 Auburn University Football Schedule|publisher=Auburn University Athletics|access-date=December 20, 2012}}