1899 Clemson Tigers Football Team
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The 1899 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson Agricultural College—now known as
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–during the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Tigers completed their fourth season with a record of 4–2, with wins over Davidson, South Carolina, North Carolina A&M, and Georgia Tech and losses to Georgia and Auburn. Clemson did not host any games, but played a mix of away and neutral site games.
Walter Riggs Walter Merritt Riggs (January 24, 1873 – January 22, 1924) was the president of Clemson University from 1910 to 1924 and the "father of Clemson football" coaching the first football team for what was then Clemson College. Riggs was president of ...
served again as coach, having also led the team in its inaugural 1896 season, while J. N. Walker was the captain.


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