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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
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| sport = football
{{Infobox college sports team season
|Year=1899
| year = 1899
|Team=LSU Tigers
| team = LSU Tigers
|Image=File:LSU-FootballTeam1899.jpg
| sport = football
|image_size=250px
| image = LSU-FootballTeam1899.jpg
|Conference=Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| image_size = 285
|Division=
| conference = [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
|ShortConference=SIAA
| short_conf = SIAA
|CoachRank=
| record = 1–4
|APRank=
| conf_record = 1–3
|Record=1–4
| head_coach = [[John P. Gregg]]
|ConfRecord=1–3
| hc_year = 1st
|HeadCoach=[[John P. Gregg]]
| captain = [[Hulette F. Aby]]
|HCYear=1st
| stadium = [[State Field]]
|OffCoach=
|DefCoach=
|OScheme=
|DScheme=
|StadiumArena=[[State Field]]
|Champion=
|BowlTourney=
|BowlTourneyResult=
}}
}}
{{1899 SIAA football standings}}
{{1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The '''1899 LSU Tigers football team''' represented the [[LSU Tigers football|LSU Tigers]] of [[Louisiana State University]] during the [[1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season]]. New coach [[John P. Gregg]] led the Tigers to a 1–4 season. The only wins were in an exhibition game against a high school team (which LSU does not officially record as a win) and against rival, [[1899 Tulane Green Wave football team|Tulane]]. It was the first year of play for LSU's second five-year letterman, [[John J. Coleman]] (1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903).
The '''1899 LSU Tigers football team''' represented the [[LSU Tigers football|LSU Tigers]] of [[Louisiana State University]] during the [[1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season]]. New coach [[John P. Gregg]] led the Tigers to a 1–4 season. The only wins were in an exhibition game against a high school team (which LSU does not officially record as a win) and against rival, [[1899 Tulane Green Wave football team|Tulane]]. It was the first year of play for LSU's second five-year letterman, [[John J. Coleman]] (1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903).


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
{{CFB Schedule Start|time=no|rank=no|tv=no}}

{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3<ref>Ole Miss lists game played on November 1</ref>
| date = November 1
| time = no
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| away =
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1899 Ole Miss Rebels football team|Ole Miss]]
| neutral = yes
| site_stadium = Fair grounds
| rank = no
| site_cityst = [[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian, MS]]
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1899|team=Ole Miss Rebels|title=Ole Miss}}
| gamename = [[Magnolia Bowl|rivalry]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| score = 0–11
| attend = 5,000
| site_cityst = [[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian, MS]]
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Football—Mississippi Defeated Louisiana in a Great Game at Meridian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99029132/the-commercial-appeal/ |newspaper=[[The Commercial Appeal]] |location=[[Memphis, Tennessee]] |date=November 2, 1899 |page=10 |access-date=April 3, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
| gamename = [[Magnolia Bowl|Rivalry]]
| tv = no
| score = 0–11
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = November 10
| time = no
| w/l = w
| away = yes
| nonconf = yes
| rank = no
| opponent = Lake Charles H.S.
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles, LA]]
| tv = no
| score = 48–0
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| date = November 13
| time = no
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1899 Sewanee Tigers football team|Sewanee]]
| w/l = l
| away =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[1899 Sewanee Tigers football team|Sewanee]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[State Field]]
| site_stadium = [[State Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge, LA]]
| site_cityst = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge, LA]]
| tv = no
| score = 0–34
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-sewanee-34-louisi/145712875/|work=The Commercial Appeal|title=Sewanee 34, Louisiana 0; Tennesseans en route to Memphis after defeating everything in the southwest|date=November 14, 1899|accessdate=April 20, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| score = 0–34
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| date = November 28
| time = no
| w/l = w
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = no
| away = y
| opponent = Lake Charles High School
| away = yes
| site_stadium = Hoohoo Park
| nonconf =
| site_cityst = [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles, LA]]
| opponent = [[1899 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]
| opprank =
| score = 48–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-democrat-state-university-to-p/145712729/|work=The Times-Democrat|title=State University to play Lake Charles|date=November 28, 1899|accessdate=April 20, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-picayune-state-university-48/145712778/|work=The Times-Picayune|title=State University 48, Lake Charles 0|date=November 29, 1899|accessdate=April 20, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| site_stadium = [[Clark Field (1887)|Clark Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Austin, Texas|Austin, TX]]
| tv = no
| score = 0–29
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 2
| date = November 30
| time = no
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1899 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]
| rank = no
| site_stadium = [[Clark Field (1887)|Varsity Athletic Field]]
| away = yes
| site_cityst = [[Austin, Texas|Austin, TX]]
| nonconf = yes
| score = 0–29
| opponent = [[1899 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]]
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fort-worth-record-and-register-vars/145713013/|work=Fort Worth Morning Register|title='Varsity vs. Baton Rouge; Texas boys won in the Austin game, 29 to 0|date=December 1, 1899|accessdate=April 20, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| opprank =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 2
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1899 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]]
| site_stadium =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[College Station, Texas|College Station, TX]]
| site_cityst = [[College Station, Texas|College Station, TX]]
| gamename = [[LSU–Texas A&M football rivalry|rivalry]]
| tv = no
| score = 0–52
| score = 0–52
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bryan-college-station-eagle-a-and-m-co/145713155/|work=Bryan-College Station Eagle|title=A. and M. College vs University of Louisiana won by the home team|date=December 3, 1899|accessdate=April 20, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 8
| date = December 8
| time = no
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1899 Tulane Green Wave football team|Tulane]]
| w/l = w
| rank = no
| opponent = [[1899 Tulane Green Wave football team|Tulane]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[State Field]]
| site_stadium = [[State Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge, LA]]
| site_cityst = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge, LA]]
| gamename = [[Battle for the Rag]]
| gamename = [[Battle for the Rag|rivalry]]
| tv = no
| score = 38–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98843847/louisiana-university-38-tulane-0/|work=The Daily Picayune|title=Louisiana University 38, Tulane 0|date=December 9, 1899|accessdate=April 1, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| score = 38–0
}}
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule End|rank=no|poll=}}


==Roster==
==Roster==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">No.
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">No.</span>
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">Player
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">Player</span>
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">Position
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">Position</span>
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">Height
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">Height</span>
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">Weight
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">Weight</span>
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">Hometown
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">Hometown</span>
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">High School
! style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"| <span style="color:#FDD023;">High School</span>
|- style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| - || Hulette F. "Red" Aby || Tackle || - || - || Natchez, MS || -
| - || [[Hulette F. Aby|Hulette F. "Red" Aby]] || Tackle || - || - || Natchez, MS || -
|- style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| - || Edward R. Barrow || - || - || - || Baton Rouge, LA || -
| - || Edward R. Barrow || - || - || - || Baton Rouge, LA || -
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| - ||Edwin S. Gorham || End || - || - || Lake Charles, LA || -
| - ||Edwin S. Gorham || End || - || - || Lake Charles, LA || -
|- style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| - || F. V. Gremillion || Tackle || - || - || - || -
| - || F. V. Gremillion || Tackle || - || -|| Alexandria, LA || -
|- style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| - || Joseph O. Herpin || End || - || - || Lafayette, LA || -
| - || Joseph O. Herpin || End || - || - || Lafayette, LA || -
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| - || Benjamin B. Wall || Halfback || - || - || Alexandria, LA || -
| - || Benjamin B. Wall || Halfback || - || - || Alexandria, LA || -
|}
|}
Roster from Fanbase.com<ref>http://www.fanbase.com/LSU-Fighting-Tigers-Football-1899/roster</ref> and LSU: The Louisiana Tigers<ref> Hardesty, Dan. "LSU: The Louisiana Tigers". The Strode Publishers. Huntsville, Alabama. 1975. P. 334-345.</ref>
Roster from Fanbase.com<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fanbase.com/LSU-Fighting-Tigers-Football-1899/roster |title=LSU Tigers Football &#124; Fanbase is your source for sports news and athlete information |access-date=2015-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721070012/http://www.fanbase.com/lsu-fighting-tigers-football-1899/roster/ |archive-date=2015-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and LSU: The Louisiana Tigers<ref>Hardesty, Dan. "LSU: The Louisiana Tigers". The Strode Publishers. Huntsville, Alabama. 1975. P. 334-345.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 20 April 2024

1899 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–4 (1–3 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainHulette F. Aby
Home stadiumState Field
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sewanee $ 11 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Alabama 1 – 0 – 0 3 – 1 – 0
Nashville 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 1 – 1
Tennessee 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Auburn 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 1 – 1
Texas 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
North Carolina 1 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Georgia 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 3 – 1
Clemson 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Central (KY) 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 2 – 0
LSU 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 4 – 0
Kentucky State 0 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 2
SW Presbyterian 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 3 – 0
Georgia Tech 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
Tulane 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1899 LSU Tigers football team represented the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University during the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. New coach John P. Gregg led the Tigers to a 1–4 season. The only wins were in an exhibition game against a high school team (which LSU does not officially record as a win) and against rival, Tulane. It was the first year of play for LSU's second five-year letterman, John J. Coleman (1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903).

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 1vs. Ole Miss
L 0–115,000[1]
November 13Sewanee
L 0–34[2]
November 28at Lake Charles High School*
W 48–0[3][4]
November 30at Texas
L 0–29[5]
December 2at Texas A&M*College Station, TX (rivalry)L 0–52[6]
December 8Tulane
W 38–0[7]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

[edit]
No. Player Position Height Weight Hometown High School
- Hulette F. "Red" Aby Tackle - - Natchez, MS -
- Edward R. Barrow - - - Baton Rouge, LA -
- W. Benjamin Chamberlin - - - DeVall, LA -
- Edmond Auguste M. Chavanne Center - - Lake Charles, LA -
- John J. Coleman Halfback - - New Orleans, LA -
- George Fuchs Guard - - New Orleans, LA -
- Edwin S. Gorham End - - Lake Charles, LA -
- F. V. Gremillion Tackle - - Alexandria, LA -
- Joseph O. Herpin End - - Lafayette, LA -
- Henry E. Landry Fullback - - Garyville, LA -
- Charles M. Lawrason End - - St. Francisville, LA -
- Hampton T. Lemoine - - - Marksville, LA -
- George B. LeSueur - - - Baton Rouge, LA -
- George K. Pratt Tackle - - New Orleans, LA -
- Ivan H. Schwing Quarterback - - Lake Charles, LA -
- John T. Stanford - - - Baton Rouge, LA -
- Benjamin B. Wall Halfback - - Alexandria, LA -

Roster from Fanbase.com[8] and LSU: The Louisiana Tigers[9]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Football—Mississippi Defeated Louisiana in a Great Game at Meridian". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. November 2, 1899. p. 10. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Sewanee 34, Louisiana 0; Tennesseans en route to Memphis after defeating everything in the southwest". The Commercial Appeal. November 14, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "State University to play Lake Charles". The Times-Democrat. November 28, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "State University 48, Lake Charles 0". The Times-Picayune. November 29, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "'Varsity vs. Baton Rouge; Texas boys won in the Austin game, 29 to 0". Fort Worth Morning Register. December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "A. and M. College vs University of Louisiana won by the home team". Bryan-College Station Eagle. December 3, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Louisiana University 38, Tulane 0". The Daily Picayune. December 9, 1899. Retrieved April 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "LSU Tigers Football | Fanbase is your source for sports news and athlete information". Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  9. ^ Hardesty, Dan. "LSU: The Louisiana Tigers". The Strode Publishers. Huntsville, Alabama. 1975. P. 334-345.


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