The 1899 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the

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in the

1899 college football season The 1899 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Harvard and Princeton as having been selected national champions. Chicago, Kansas, and Sewanee went undefeated. With ...

. The Golden Gophers compiled a 6–3–2 record (0–3 against Western Conference opponents) and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 149 to 79. Jack Harrison and William C. Leary and were head coaches for the 1899 season. They coached the team as a part of a new alumni coaching program. Although most around the program considered the experiment a success, the program was discontinued with the hiring of the University's first full-time salaried coach,

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. The 1899 season was the only season under head coaches Leary and Harrison. This season's 0–3 record left Minnesota in a last place tie with

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Northrop Field Northrop Field was the on-campus stadium of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team from 1899 to 1923. The original field had seating of around 3,000 and was named for University President Cyrus Northrop. After the 1902 season, the playing fie ...

was first used as the home field of the University of Minnesota this year with most of the credit for securing it going to former coach Frederick S. Jones and former Governor

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Schedule

Roster

* ''Ends'', Dobie (left end), Henry "Buzz" Scandrett (captain and right end) and Fosseen (right end) * ''Tackles'', Otte, Gray (left tackle), Hoyt, Mueller (right tackle) * ''Guards'', Aune (left guard), Tifft, Flynn (right guard) * ''Center'', Page * ''Quarterback'', Cole, Rogers * ''Halfbacks'', Evans, Bernhagen (left half), Kienholtz, Freeman (right half) * ''Fullback'', Glover.

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