1899 California Golden Bears football team

1899 California Golden Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainJames Whipple
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Far West college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1899 college football season. The team competed as an independent under head coach Garrett Cochran and compiled a record of 7–1–1.[1]

For just the second time in history, an eastern team traveled to the Pacific coast. Carlisle defeated California by a score of 2–0.[2][3] The news reported the contest as the first matchup of East and West, but was pre-dated by the 1894 Chicago vs. Stanford football game. Like the Chicago vs. Stanford game before it, the Carlisle vs. California game foreshadows the first bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl.

  1. ^ "2015 Media Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 160. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "Masters of the Gridiron Against Local Champions", San Francisco Call, San Francisco, CA, p. 5, December 23, 1899
  3. ^ "Carlisle Indians Win", Beatrice Daily Express, Beatrice, NE, p. 1, December 26, 1899