1899 Oregon Webfoots football team

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1899 Oregon Webfoots football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–1
Head coach
Captain Richard Shore Smith
Home stadium Kincaid Field
Seasons
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1899 Far West college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Montana Agricultural  – 3 –0 –0
Arizona Normal  – 3 –0 –0
New Mexico A&M  – 1 –0 –0
Utah Agricultural  – 1 –0 –0
California  – 7 –1 –1
Washington  – 4 –1 –1
Utah  – 2 –1 –0
San Jose State  – 6 –3 –1
Nevada State  – 3 –2 –0
Oregon Agricultural  – 3 –2 –0
Oregon  – 3 –2 –1
Arizona  – 1 –1 –1
Washington Agricultural  – 1 –1 –0
Montana  – 1 –2 –0
USC  – 2 –3 –1
Stanford  – 2 –5 –2
Wyoming  – 0 –1 –1
Pacific (CA)  – 0 –4 –0

The 1899 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1899 college football season. It was the Webfoots' sixth season and were led by head coach Frank W. Simpson in his second year.

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Oregon competed in 1899 as part of the Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association (OIFA) before quitting the league midseason, together with Oregon Agricultural College, over a roster-stuffing scandal allegedly perpetrated by Willamette University. Oregon ended the season with a record of three wins, two losses and one tie (3–2–1).

Football in 1899

American football in 1899 remained a variant of rugby, played with a virtually identical ball and sharing a fundamental prohibition of use of the forward pass to advance the ball. [1] The game was played on a field 110 yards long and 53-1/3 yards wide, marked off with white lines parallel to the goal lines every five yards. [2]

Cover of the 1906 Spalding Foot Ball Guide depicted a kicker and holder preparing to attempt a point-after-touchdown. Spalding-football-cover-1906.jpg
Cover of the 1906 Spalding Foot Ball Guide depicted a kicker and holder preparing to attempt a point-after-touchdown.

The game was played by teams of 11 players, aligned typically with 7 "rushers" or "forwards" at the line of scrimmage, and four "backs" behind them. [3] These were a quarterback immediately behind the line, two halfbacks stationed a couple yards behind him, and a fullback or "goal tend," who stood deep behind the halfbacks. [3] Duration of the game was 70 minutes, divided into two 35-minute halves, which could be shortened by mutual consent, [4] with play regulated by three officials. [5]

Teams were allowed three downs to either advance the ball 5 yards or retreat towards their own goal 20 yards via running or lateral pass, otherwise being forced to surrender the ball to the defenders at the last spot. [6] All tackles had to be made above the knees. [7] A pair of light sticks with a 5-yard length of stout cord or chain were used to measure the line-of-gain for a new first down. [5] As with the modern game, teams typically did not turn over the ball on downs, since "if the prospects of completing the five-yard gain appear small, it is so manifestly politic to kick the ball as far as possible down the field..." [8]

A dropkick or place-held field goal over the 10-foot crossbar and through the goalposts mounted at the goal line counted 5 points, as did a touchdown. [8] Safeties counted as 2 points, as the case remains today. [9]

The possibility of an extra (6th) point followed each touchdown, with the scoring team given the option of a place-kick from any point on the field parallel to where the touchdown crossed the goal line; or a "punt out," in which the scoring team punted the ball from the end zone to a fair-catching teammate, which (if successfully executed) would provide the spot for a drop kick for the extra point. [10] The extra-point placekick was executed with the holder elevating the ball slightly above the ground as the defenders lined up at the goal line. The play began when the ball was touched to the ground, with a mad rush ensuing to block the kick. [10]

Players played both offense and defense without substitution; those being replaced due to exhaustion or injury were forbidden from returning for the duration to the game. [7] Coaching from the sideline was expressly prohibited. [7]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 43:00 p.m. Chemawa
W 29–0 [11] [12]
November 11at Multnomah Athletic Club
L 0–5 [13]
November 183:20 p.m.at California Berkeley, CA L 0–122,000 [14] [15]
November 212:00 p.m.at Southern Oregon Normal Ashland, OR W 35–0 [16]
November 25at Multnomah Athletic Club
  • Multnomah Field
  • Portland, OR
T 0–0 [17]
November 30 Oregon Agricultural
W 38–0 [18] [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "Football Rules," in Walter Camp (ed.), Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide, 1899. New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1899; p. 187.
  2. ↑ Walter Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," in Walter Camp (ed.), Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide, 1899. New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1899; p. 5.
  3. 1 2 Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," p. 9.
  4. ↑ "Football Rules," p. 181.
  5. 1 2 "Football Rules," p. 173.
  6. ↑ Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," p. 11.
  7. 1 2 3 "Football Rules," p. 193.
  8. 1 2 Camp, "An Introductory Chapter for Beginners," p. 13.
  9. ↑ "Football Rules," pp. 192.
  10. 1 2 "Football Rules," pp. 190–191.
  11. ↑ "Ready to play". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 3, 1899. p. 1.
  12. ↑ "U. of O. victorious". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 6, 1899. p. 1.
  13. ↑ "Multnomah Won: Varsity Football Men Defeated in Portland," Eugene Guard, Nov. 13, 1899, p. 4.
  14. ↑ "California wins". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 20, 1899. p. 1.
  15. ↑ "The "Surprisers"". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 21, 1899. p. 1.
  16. ↑ "Victory at Ashland". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 22, 1899. p. 3.
  17. ↑ "A standstill". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 27, 1899. p. 2.
  18. ↑ "The football game". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 29, 1899. p. 1.
  19. ↑ "Thanksgiving Day". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 30, 1899. p. 1.

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