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1899 Lafayette football team

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Conference
  
Independent

Home stadium
  
March Field

1899 record
  
12–1

Head coach
  
Samuel B. Newton (1st year)

The 1899 Lafayette football team represented Lafayette College in the 1899 college football season. Lafayette shut out 10 opponents and finished with a 12–1 record in their first year under head coach Samuel B. Newton. Significant games included victories over Penn (6–0), Lehigh (17–0 and 35–0), and Cornell (6–5), and its sole loss coming against co-national champion Princeton (0–12). The 1899 Lafayette team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 253 to 23. Two Lafayette players received recognition on the 1899 College Football All-America Team. They are: fullback Edward G. Bray (Outing magazine, 2nd team; Charles E. Patterson, 1st team); and guard Trout (Walter Camp, 3rd team).

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1899 Lafayette football team Wikipedia