1899 Clemson Tigers football team (Captain Walter Riggs) played six games between October 7 and November 30, one was against Georgia Tech.
Walter Riggs served again as coach, having also led the team in its inaugural 1896 season, while J. N. Walker was the captain. Walter Merritt Riggs (January 24, 1873  January 22, 1924) was the president of Clemson University from 1910 to 1924 and the "father of Clemson football" coaching the first football team for what was then Clemson College. 
