1899 Drake Bulldogs football team

The 1899 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as an independent during the 1899 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach A. B. Potter, the team compiled a 5–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 112 to 57.^[1]

1899 Drake Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2
Head coach	A. B. Potter (3rd season)
Seasons ← 1898 1900 →

1899 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Kansas			–					10	–	0	–	0
North Dakota			–					6	–	0	–	0
Detroit College			–					5	–	0	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					1	–	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
College of Emporia			–					1	–	1	–	1
Ohio			–					2	–	2	–	0
Rush Medical			–					3	–	3	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan			–					5	–	5	–	0
Haskell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Lake Forest			–					4	–	6	–	2
Kansas State			–					2	–	3	–	0
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 7	Lenox	Des Moines, IA	W 48–5
October 14	at Cornell (IA)	Mount Vernon, IA	W 6–0
October 21	at Kansas	McCook Field Lawrence, KS	L 6–29
November 4	Missouri	Des Moines, IA	W 11–0	[2]
November 11	Nebraska	Des Moines, IA	L 6-12
November 25	at Grinnell	Grinnell, IA	W 18–6
December 1	at Penn (IA)	Oskaloosa, IA	W 17–5