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1899 Purdue Boilermakers football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1899

| team = Purdue Boilermakers

| sport = football

| image = 1899 Purdue football team.jpg

| image_size = 285

| conference = Western Conference

| short_conf = Western

| record = 4–4–1

| conf_record = 1–2

| head_coach = Alpha Jamison

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = Edward C. Robertson

| stadium = Stuart Field

}}

{{1899 Western Conference football standings}}

The 1899 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1899 college football season. The Boilermakers compiled a 4–4–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 122 to 100 in their second season under head coach Alpha Jamison. Edward C. Robertson was the team captain.{{cite web|title=1899 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 6, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1899-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2016 Boilermaker Football Media Guide|publisher=Purdue University|year=2016|page=87|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/mediaguide.pdf|access-date=2018-06-20|archive-date=2017-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721153507/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/mediaguide.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| attend = y

| source = y

|September 30||Purdue alumni|Stuart Field|West Lafayette, IN|W 10-5||

|October 7||{{cfb link|year=1899|team=Earlham Quakers|title=Earlham}}|Stuart Field|West Lafayette, IN|W 30-5||{{cite news|title=Earlham Team Scored But the Rest of the Football Game Belonged to Purdue|newspaper=The Indianapolis Journal|date=October 8, 1899|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21115589/earlham_team_scored_but_the_rest_of_the/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 14|at|{{cfb link|year=1899|team=Oberlin Yeomen|title=Oberlin}}||Oberlin, OH|L 0-12||{{cite news|title=Oberlin Defeats Purdue Team|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 15, 1899|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21114965/oberlin_defeats_purdue_team/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 28||{{cfb link|year=1899|team=DePauw|title=DePauw}}|Stuart Field|West Lafayette, IN|W 40-0||{{cite news|title=Forty to a Cipher: Record of Purdue's Victory Over De Pauw Eleven|newspaper=The Indianapolis Journal|date=October 29, 1899|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21115510/forty_to_a_cipher_record_of_purdues/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 4|at|Chicago|Marshall Field|Chicago, IL (rivalry)|L 0-44||{{cite news|title=Maroons Score at Will|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 5, 1899|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21115327/maroons_score_at_will_purdue_unable_to/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 18||Notre Dame|Stuart Field|West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)|T 10-10||{{cite news|title=Notre Dame, 10; Purdue, 10|newspaper=The Indianapolis Journal|date=November 19, 1899|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21115402/notre_dame_10_purdue_10/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 22||Illinois|Stuart Field|West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)|W 5-0|1,200|{{cite news|title=Purdue Wins, 5 to 0|newspaper=The Indianapolis Journal|date=November 23, 1899|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21115233/purdue_wins_5_to_0/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 25|at|Northwestern|Sheppard Field|Evanston, IL|L 0-29||{{cite news|title=Purple Defeats Purdue: Northwestern Plays Season's Last Game in Fine Form|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 26, 1899|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21050441/purple_defeats_purdue/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 30||Indiana|Stuart Field|West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)|L 5-17||{{cite news|title=Purdue Beaten by I. U.|newspaper=The Indianapolis News|date=December 1, 1899|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21115127/purdue_beaten_by_i_u/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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{{cite web |author= |title=2022 Purdue Football Record Book |url=https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf |publisher=Purdue University Athletics |page=80 |access-date=January 29, 2023 }}

Roster

  • A. W. Anderson, T
  • A. H. Barnes, E
  • F. V. Berkey, FB
  • William Berkshire, C
  • H. L. Byers, HB
  • J. M. Davidson, C
  • A. Dushane, G
  • Rodney Hitt, E
  • John Jones, QB
  • R. B. MacKenzie, E
  • F. J. McCoy, HB
  • John Miller, G
  • Charlie Quinn
  • C. T. Rich, T
  • Edward C. Robertson, QB-HB
  • Alex Smith, T
  • M. H. Spades, E
  • G. B. Tracey, HB
  • F. L. Waterman, QB

{{cite web |author= |title=All-Time Letterwinners |url=https://purduesports.com/news/2009/8/6/all_time_letterwinners |publisher=Purdue University Athletics |access-date=January 29, 2025 }}

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