1899 Washington football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1899
| team = Washington
| team_link = Washington Huskies
| sport = football
| image = 1899 University of Washington football team.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| conference = Independent
| record = 4–1–1
| head_coach = A. S. Jeffs
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Sterling Hill
| stadium = YMCA Park
| champion = Champions of Washington and Idaho
}}
{{1899 Far West college football independents records}}
The 1899 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington as an independent during the 1899 college football season. In its first season under coach A. S. Jeffs, the team compiled a 4–1–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 71 to 21. Sterling Hill was the team captain.
The Thanksgiving Day game vs. Whitman was promoted as the Championship of Washington and Idaho. Klondike Gold Rush millionaire T. S. Lippy awarded an engraved silver cup to the winner of the contest.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Port Townsend High School
| site_stadium = YMCA Park
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| score = 16–0
| attend = 500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Port Townsend Athletic Club
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Port Townsend, WA
| score = 0–11
| attend = 250
| source = {{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-star-1899-uw-washington-foot/160016503/|title=1899 UW Washington Football vs. Port Townsend|date=October 30, 1899|page=4|via=newspapers.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1899-uw-washingto/160016711/|title=1899 UW Washington Football Port Townsend High School Athletic Club|date=October 29, 1899|page=2|via=newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Everett Athletic Club
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Everett, WA
| score = 33–0
| attend = 150
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{dow tooltip|November 7, 1899}}
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| w/l = t
| opponent = All-Seattle
| site_stadium = YMCA Park
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| score = 5–5
| attend = 500
| source = {{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1899-uw-washingto/160016789/|title=1899 UW Washington Football All-Seattle YMCA Park|date=November 7, 1899|page=8|via=newspapers.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1899-uw-washingto/160016913/|title=1899 UW Washington Football vs. All-Seattle All-Stars|date=November 8, 1899|page=7|via=newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = w
| opponent = Wilson's Modern Business College
| site_stadium = YMCA Park
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| score = 11–0
| attend = 500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1899|team=Whitman Fighting Missionaries|title=Whitman}}
| site_stadium = YMCA Park
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| gamename = Championship of Washington and Idaho
| score = 6–5
| attend = 1,000
| source = {{cite news |date=November 30, 1899 |title=Match for Championship — Clean Football Game Promised at Y.M.C.A Park Today — University of Washington and Whitman College to Meet in a Great Conflict for the Leadership of This State and Idaho |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-match-for-champio/160012003/ |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=November 30, 2024 |quote=Today at the Y. M. C. A. park the football teams of the University of Washington and Whitman college will engage in a desperate struggle for the championship of Washington and Idaho. T. S. Lippy has put up a large silver cup, appropriately engraved, which will be presented to the winning team.}}
}}
| seasonsource = {{cite web |author= |title=1899 Football Schedule |url=https://gohuskies.com/sports/football/schedule/1899 |publisher=The University of Washington Athletics |access-date=December 2, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2024 Football Media Guide |url=https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/washington.sidearmsports.com/documents/2024/8/8/2024_UW_Football_Media_Guide.pdf |publisher=The University of Washington Athletics |page=151 |access-date=December 2, 2024 }}
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