1899 Northern Illinois State Normal football team

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1899 Northern Illinois State Normal football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0–2
Head coach
Seasons
1900 →
1899 Midwestern college football independents records
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

The 1899 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1899 college football season. 1899 was the first year that the school fielded a football team. They were led by head coach John A. H. Keith. The team finished the season with a 1–0–2 record.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 10DeKalb High SchoolDeKalb, ILW 16–10[2]
November 17Rochelle Athletic AssociationDeKalb, ILT 0–0[3]
November 24Rochelle Athletic AssociationDeKalb, ILT 5–5[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NIU Football 2020 Record Book" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Athletics. p. 184. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "The Normal football team..." The Daily Chronicle. November 11, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The football team came down from Rochelle..." The Daily Chronicle. November 18, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sporting News". The Daily Chronicle. November 25, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.