1899 Western Conference football season


The 1899 Western Conference football season was the fourth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference and was a part of the 1899 college football season.
The 1899 Chicago Maroons football team, under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, won the conference championship with a 16–0–2 overall record, led the conference in both scoring offense and scoring defense, shut out 13 of 18 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 505 to 28.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game

Regular season

Only 12 conference games were played during the 1899 Western Conference season. The results were as follows:
  1. October 14, 1899: Wisconsin defeated Northwestern, 38-0
  2. October 28, 1899: Michigan defeated Illinois, 5-0
  3. November 4, 1899: Chicago defeated Purdue, 44-0
  4. November 4, 1899: Northwestern defeated Minnesota, 11-0
  5. November 11, 1899: Chicago defeated Northwestern, 76-0
  6. November 11, 1899: Wisconsin defeated Illinois, 23-0
  7. November 18, 1899: Wisconsin defeated Minnesota, 19-0
  8. November 22, 1899: Purdue defeated Illinois, 5-0
  9. November 25, 1899: Chicago defeated Minnesota, 29-0
  10. November 25, 1899: Northwestern defeated Purdue, 29-0
  11. November 30, 1899: Wisconsin defeated Michigan, 17-5
  12. December 9, 1899: Chicago defeated Wisconsin, 17-0

    Bowl games

No Western Conference teams appeared in any bowl games during the 1899 season.

Awards and honors

All-Western players

The Northwestern named a 1899 All-Western college football team that consisted of the following players:
No Western Conference players were selected as first-team players on the 1899 College Football All-America Teams selected by Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney. However, the Philadelphhia Inquirer picked an All-American that named four Western Conference players to the first team: end Neil Snow of Michigan; tackle Richard France of Michigan; quarterback Walter S. Kennedy of Chicago; and halfback John McLean of Michigan.