1899 Wisconsin Badgers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1899

| team = Wisconsin Badgers

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Western Conference

| conference_link =

| short_conf = Western

| record = 9–2

| conf_record = 4–1

| head_coach = Philip King

| hc_year = 4th

| captain = Pat O'Dea

| stadium = Randall Field

}}

The 1899 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1899 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Philip King, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 9–2 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the Western Conference. The team's captain was Pat O'Dea.{{cite web |author= |title=Wisconsin Football 2021 Fact Book |url=https://uwbadgers.com/documents/2021/9/4/2021_FB_FactBook.pdf |publisher=Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System |page=143 |access-date=December 22, 2021 }}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 30

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Lake Forest

| site_stadium = Randall Field

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 45–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1899|team=Beloit|title=Beloit}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Milwaukee, WI

| score = 36–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Northwestern

| site_stadium = Randall Field

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 38–0

| source = {{cite news|title=Badgers' Easy Victory: Defeat Northwestern by an Overwhelming Score|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 15, 1899|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21049919/badgers_easy_victory_defeat/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 21

| time =

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Yale

| site_stadium = Yale Field

| site_cityst = New Haven, CT

| score = 0–6

| source = {{cite news|title=Yale, 6; Wisconsin 0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 22, 1899|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16361813/yale_6_wisconsin_0/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = Rush Medical

| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 17–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 4

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = Wisconsin Alumni

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 17–5

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| time =

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = Illinois

| site_stadium = Borchert Field

| site_cityst = Milwaukee, WI

| score = 23–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 18

| time =

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Minnesota

| site_stadium = Northrop Field

| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 19–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 25

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1899|team=Lawrence Vikings|title=Lawrence}}

| site_stadium = Randall Field

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 58–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 30

| time =

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = Michigan

| site_stadium = West Side Park

| site_cityst = Chicago, IL

| score = 17–5

| attend = 18,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Wisconsin, 17; Michigan, 5: Big Wolverine Football Eleven Falls Before Badger Middleweights|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=December 1, 1899|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21661838/wisconsin_17_michigan_5_big/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 9

| time =

| w/l = l

| opponent = Chicago

| site_stadium = Randall Field

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 0–17

| attend = 9,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Stagg's Men in Triumph|newspaper=Chicago Sunday Tribune|date=December 10, 1899|page=2-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3059991/staggs_men_in_triumph/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

}}

References

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