1899 Lake Forest Foresters football team

The 1899 Lake Forest football team was an American football team that represented the Lake Forest University in the 1899 college football season.^[1]

1899 Lake Forest Foresters football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–6–2
Head coach	David H. Jackson (1st season)
Seasons ← 1898 1900 →

1899 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Kansas			–					10	–	0	–	0
North Dakota			–					6	–	0	–	0
Detroit College			–					5	–	0	–	0
Ohio State			–					9	–	0	–	1
Iowa			–					8	–	0	–	1
Washington University			–					5	–	1	–	0
Missouri			–					9	–	2	–	0
Chicago P&S			–					4	–	1	–	0
Mount Union			–					5	–	1	–	1
Indiana			–					6	–	2	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	1	–	0
Wabash			–					1	–	0	–	1
Cincinnati			–					5	–	2	–	0
Drake			–					5	–	2	–	0
Heidelberg			–					5	–	2	–	0
Buchtel			–					2	–	1	–	0
Doane			–					2	–	1	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					1	–	0	–	2
Notre Dame			–					6	–	3	–	1
Central Michigan			–					3	–	2	–	0
Fairmount			–					2	–	1	–	2
Carthage			–					3	–	2	–	1
Western Reserve			–					5	–	4	–	0
Wittenberg			–					5	–	4	–	0
Iowa State			–					5	–	4	–	1
Rush Medical			–					3	–	3	–	1
Ohio			–					2	–	2	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan			–					5	–	5	–	0
Haskell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Lake Forest			–					4	–	6	–	2
Kansas State			–					2	–	3	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					2	–	4	–	1
Iowa State Normal			–					1	–	3	–	2
Washburn			–					2	–	5	–	2
Butler			–					1	–	3	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	5	–	0
Nebraska			–					1	–	7	–	1
North Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	1	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 23		Lake View High School	Lake Forest, IL	W 11–5	^[2]
September 30		at Wisconsin	Randall Field Madison, WI	L 0–45	^[3]^[4]
October 7		Lake Forest Alumni	Lake Forest, Il	T 0–0	^[5]
October 14		Notre Dame	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	L 0–38	^[6]
October 21		South Side Academy	Lake Forest, IL	W 11–5
October 25	3:00 p.m.	at Northwestern	Sheppard Field Evanston, IL	L 0–16	^[7]^[8]
November 1		Waukegan High School	Lake Forest, IL	W 17–0
November 4		at Beloit	Beloit, WI	L 0–28	^[9]
November 11		at Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo, MI	L 6–21	^[10]
November 18		at Rush Medical	Gaelic Athletic grounds Chicago, IL	L 0–38	^[11]
November 25		Bennett Medical	Lake Forest, IL	T 0–0
November 30		at Pontiac High School	Pontiac, IL	W 21–6	^[12]

References

1. "1899 Schedule/Results". Lake Forest College Athletics. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
2. "1899 Schedule/Results". Lake Forest College Athletics. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
3. "Wisconsin Badgers Football Record By Year". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
4. "HOLLARS JOINS FOOTBALL SQDUA". Wisconsin State Journal. October 2, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
5. "Alumni Game at Lake Forest". Chicago Tribune. October 7, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
6. "Notre Dame, 38; Lake Forest, 0". The Inter Ocean. October 15, 1899. p. 10. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
7. "1899 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
8. "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
9. "BELOIT DEFEATS LAKE FOREST". The Inter Ocean. November 5, 1899. p. 10. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
10. "Kalamazoo, 21; Lake Forest, 6". The Inter Ocean. November 12, 1899. p. 10. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
11. "RUSH MEDICS BEAT LAKE FOREST". Chicago Tribune. November 19, 1899. p. 19. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
12. "Football at Pontiac". The Pantagraph. November 30, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved June 3, 2020.