The dominant college football teams in 1899 were on the East Coast -- until Cal played the Carlisle Indian Industrial School on Christmas Day
The instant time expired in the football game played on December 25, 1899, between Cal and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School at Richmond Field in San Francisco, the country realized West Coast college football had arrived. It was the first time an Eastern powerhouse had come to the West Coast to play a football game, and though Cal lost the game 2-0, the teams had played on virtually even terms.
Cal finished its 1899 regular season undefeated and unscored upon, beating its seven opponents by a combined score of 142-0. But the Bears were major underdogs against Carlisle, which agreed to face the Bears on Christmas Day well after both teams’ regular season had ended, earning a payday of $4,500 from Cal for travel expenses.
That didn’t happen, the only scoring in the game occurred in the first half, when Cal’s center misinterpreted a call for a fake punt and snapped the ball to the wrong spot, where no one was waiting. The ball flew back to the Cal goal-line, where it was recovered by a Cal player, who was tackled into the end zone for a safety – the only score of the game. Carlisle later complained that the playing field was too soft and the ball being used was different from the one its players were used to.
The huge banner headline on the San Francisco Chronicle on December 26, 1899, read: “California Virtually Ties Carlisle,” with a subhead of “Indians Score Two Points on A Fluke.” The accompanying story said “. . . spectators saw the representative team of the Far West demonstrate the much vaunted superiority of the big Eastern football elevens is not very perceptible against the best this state can produce.
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