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1899 Western Conference football season

1899 Western Conference football season
Sport Football
Number of teams 7
Champion Chicago
Football seasons
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1899 Western Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Chicago $ 4 0 0     16 0 2
Wisconsin 4 1 0     9 2 0
Northwestern 2 2 0     7 6 0
Michigan 1 1 0     8 2 0
Purdue 1 2 0     4 4 1
Minnesota 0 3 0     6 3 2
Illinois 0 3 0     3 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1899 Western Conference football season was the fourth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1899 college football season.

Key

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

Only 12 conference games were played during the 1899 Western Conference season. The results were as follows:

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

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.


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