1899 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1899

| team = Michigan Agricultural Aggies

| sport = football

| image = 1899 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team.png

| image_size = 285

| conference = Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| short_conf = MIAA

| record = 2–4–1

| conf_record = 1–2–1

| head_coach = Charles Bemies

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Ellis W. Ranney

| stadium =

}}

The 1899 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football teamrepresented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC)—now known as Michigan State University—as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1899 college football season. In their first year under head coach Charles Bemies, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 2–4–1 with a mark of 1–2–1 in conference play.

Schedule

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|September 29|at|Notre Dame|Cartier Field|Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)|L 0-40|{{cite news|title=Notre Dame Shows Up Well: Defeats Michigan Agricultural College by a Large Margin|newspaper=The Inter Ocean|date=October 1, 1898|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20906147/notre_dame_shows_up_well_defeats/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 7|at|Detroit Athletic Club||Detroit, MI|L 6-16|{{cite news|title=Widman Was the Works: Stocky Halfback Scored Three Touchdowns for D.A.C.|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 8, 1899|page=11}}

|October 14||Kalamazoo||East Lansing, MI|L 6-10|{{cite news |author= |title=A Bad Fluke—Was Chief Cause Of M. A. C. 's Defeat Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal/168403061/ |newspaper=The State Republican |location=Lansing, Michigan |date=October 16, 1899 |page=3 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|October 21|at|{{cfb link|year=1899|team=Alma Maroon and Cream|title=Alma}}||Alma, MI|T 11-11|

|November 4||Hillsdale||East Lansing, MI|Cancelled|{{cite news |author= |title=It's An Excuse—That Offered By Hillsdale for not Meeting M. A. C. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal/168478467/ |newspaper=The State Republican |location=Lansing, Michigan |date=November 6, 1899 |page=3 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 11|at|Michigan State Normal||Ypsilanti, MI|W 18-0|{{cite news|title=Agriculturalists Did Up the Teachers|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 12, 1899|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20914659/agriculturalists_did_up_the_teachers/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 25|at|Olivet|Olivet, MI||L 17-18|{{cite news |author= |title=Olivet Beat Farmers by One Point |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/168404305/ |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan |date=November 26, 1899 |page=8 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 30||{{cfb link|year=1899|team=DePauw|title=DePauw}}||East Lansing, MI|W 23-6|

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{{cite web |author= |title=2024 Michigan State Football Media Guide |url=https://msuspartans.com/documents/2024/7/24/2024_Michigan_State_Football_Media_Guide_Big_Ten_Media_Day.pdf |publisher=Michigan State Athletics |page=194 |access-date=March 21, 2025 }}

References

Michigan Agricultural

Category:Michigan State Spartans football seasons

Michigan Agricultural Aggies football