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1899 Cornell

7–⁠3, coached by Percy Haughton.

Schedule and results

Cornell in 1899, game by game: won vs. Colgate 42–0; won vs. Syracuse 17–0; won vs. Hamilton 12–0; won vs. Williams 12–0; lost at Chicago 6–17; won vs. Lehigh 6–0; won vs. Princeton 5–0; won at Columbia 29–0; lost vs. Lafayette 5–6; lost at Pennsylvania 0–29+42−29Won 42–0 vs. Colgate+42ColgateWon 17–0 vs. Syracuse+17SyracuseWon 12–0 vs. Hamilton+12HamiltonWon 12–0 vs. Williams+12WilliamsLost 6–17 at Chicago-11ChicagoWon 6–0 vs. Lehigh+6LehighWon 5–0 vs. Princeton+5PrincetonWon 29–0 at Columbia+29ColumbiaLost 5–6 vs. Lafayette-1LafayetteLost 0–29 at Pennsylvania-29Pennsylvania
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsColgateW 42–⁠074%
Sep 27vsSyracuseW 17–⁠079%
Sep 30vsHamiltonW 12–⁠094%
Oct 7vsWilliamsW 12–⁠082%
Oct 14atChicagoL 6–⁠1743%
Oct 21vsLehighW 6–⁠092%
Nov 1vsPrincetonW 5–⁠040%
Nov 7atColumbiaW 29–⁠067%
Nov 11vsLafayetteL 5–⁠669%
Nov 30atPennsylvaniaL 0–⁠2943%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Pennsylvania 29–⁠0.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1899.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
134–⁠52
Coach
Percy Haughton
Elo
1606 +26 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
10.1 No. 12 of 41 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Raymond Starbuck