1899 Pittsburgh College football team

American college football season

1899 Pittsburgh College football

Conference| Independent
Record| 2–0–2
Head coach|

* Walker (1st season)

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1899 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Harvard |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 10  | – | 0  | – | 1
Lafayette |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 12  | – | 1  | – | 0
Princeton |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 12  | – | 1  | – | 0
Buffalo |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
Boston College |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 1
Carlisle |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Swarthmore |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 2
Washington & Jefferson |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 1
Wesleyan |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Pittsburgh College |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 2
Villanova |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Yale |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Western Univ. of Penn. |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 1
Columbia |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 3  | – | 0
Fordham |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0
Cornell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Penn |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 2
Brown |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 1
New Hampshire |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0
Vermont |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Tufts |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
Bucknell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Dickinson |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 6  | – | 1
Holy Cross |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Syracuse |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Drexel |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0
Army |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Colgate |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Penn State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 1
Frankin & Marshall |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
NYU |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Temple |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 4  | – | 1
Dartmouth |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Lehigh |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 9  | – | 0
Rutgers |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 9  | – | 0
Geneva |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0

The 1899 Pittsburgh College football team was an American football team that represented Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost—now known as Duquesne University—during the 1899 college football season.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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| Wheeling AC| ?| W 11–0|
October 7| Pittsburgh Lyceum|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| T 6–6| [2]
October 14| Swissvale AC|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| T 6–6| [3][4]
October 18| Birmingham AC|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 12–0| [5][6]
October 28| at Homestead Library & Athletic Club|

* Steel Works Park
* Homestead, PA

| W 6–0 (forfeit)| [7]

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## References

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1. ^ "2005 Duquesne Dukes Football MG". Duquesne University. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
2. ^ "Many Contests on Local Fields". The Pittsburg Press. October 8, 1899. p. 13. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "Amateur Games on the Gridiron". The Pittsburg Post. October 15, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "Many Battles Among Kickers". The Pittsburg Post. October 14, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ "College Defeats B. A. C." The Pittsburg Post. October 19, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "Football Notes". The Pittsburg Post. October 18, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "Homestead Team Loses". The Pittsburg Post. October 29, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ "Duquesne Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
9. ^ "Herewith are published the records of the most prominent teams in this section". The Pittsburg Post. November 27, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

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Duquesne Dukes football

Venues|

* Forbes Field
* Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field (1993–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* 1937 Orange Bowl
* City Game (Pittsburgh)

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* Duke
* "The Victory Song (Red and Blue)"

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