1899 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–4 (3–4 SIAA)
Head coach
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee $ 11 0 012 0 0
Vanderbilt 5 0 07 2 0
Alabama 1 0 03 1 0
Nashville 3 1 03 1 0
Tennessee 2 1 06 2 0
Auburn 2 1 13 1 1
Texas 3 2 06 2 0
North Carolina 1 1 07 3 0
Ole Miss 3 4 03 4 0
Georgia 2 3 12 3 1
Clemson 1 2 04 2 0
Central (KY) 1 2 01 2 0
LSU 1 3 01 4 0
Kentucky State 0 1 05 2 2
SW Presbyterian 0 1 01 1 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 3 00 3 0
Georgia Tech 0 5 00 6 0
Tulane 0 5 00 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1899 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.[1] Led by W. H. Lyon in his first and only season as head coach, Ole Miss compiled an overall record of 3–4. The season closed with a defeat of Tulane.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 273:30 p.m.vs. Central (KY)
W 13–6[2]
October 28NashvilleOxford, MSL 0–11[3]
November 1vs.LSU
W 11–05,000[4]
November 4vs. Vanderbilt
L 0–11[5]
November 12vs. Sewanee
  • Billings Park
  • Memphis, TN
L 0–12[6]
November 24vs. Alabama
L 5–7600[7]
November 30at Tulane
W 15–0[8]

References

  1. "1899 Ole Miss football schedule". OleMissSports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  2. "Was A Fierce Game". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. October 28, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 3, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Oxford Beaten". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. October 29, 1899. p. 3. Retrieved April 3, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Football—Mississippi Defeated Louisiana in a Great Game at Meridian". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. November 2, 1899. p. 10. Retrieved April 3, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "Not A Brilliant Contest". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. November 5, 1899. p. 3. Retrieved April 3, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "Sewanee Downs Mississippi". Natchez Democrat. November 15, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved April 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Alabama 7, Mississippi 5". The Times-Democrat. November 25, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Mississippi's game; Tulane defeated by a score of 15 to 0". The Times-Democrat. December 1, 1899. Retrieved April 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.


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