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1899 Colorado Silver And Gold Football Team
The 1899 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Colorado Football Association (CFA) during the 1899 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Fred Folsom, Colorado compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, placing second in the CFA. Schedule References Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ... Colorado Buffaloes football seasons Colorado Silver and Gold football {{Colorado-sport-team-stub ...
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Colorado Football Association
The Colorado Football Association or Colorado Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, was one of the earliest college football conferences in the United States, with its membership centered on the state of Colorado. The league existed from 1890 to 1908. After folding in 1908, all of its members subsequently founded the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, which remains in existence today as a Division II conference. Champions Membership varied from three to five teams each year. The following is a list of annual champions. *1890 – Colorado Mines *1891 – Colorado Mines *1892 – Colorado Mines *1893 – Colorado Mines *1894 – Colorado *1895 – Colorado *1896 – Colorado *1897 – Colorado *1898 – Colorado Mines *1899 – Colorado College *1900 – Colorado College *1901 – Colorado *1902 – Colorado *1903 – Colorado *1904 – Colorado Mines *1905 – Colorado Mines *1906 – Colorado Mines *1907 – Colorado Mines *1908 – Colorado & Denver See also * List o ...
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1899 Colorado Agricultural Aggies Football Team
The 1899 Colorado Agricultural Aggies football team represented Colorado Agricultural College (now known as Colorado State University) in the Colorado Football Association (CFA) during the 1899 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach W. J. Forbes, the Aggies compiled a 0–2–1 record and were outscored by a total of 117 to 10. W. J. Forbes was the program's first football coach. He was paid $25 for his services during the 1899 season. Forbes died in a freak accident following the season, on June 18, 1900, at 25 years old. In the first game that Colorado Agricultural ever played outside of the state of Colorado (and their first ever game against Wyoming), a disagreement between officials from the two schools resulted in a controversial ending to the game, sparking a rivalry that has lasted to this day. At the time, officials were provided by the schools competing in the game. The game concluded with a Wyoming forfeit being called after Colo ...
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1899 Colorado Football Association Season
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought against Spa ...
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