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American college football season

1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   11 – 0 – 0
Drexel   –   7 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   10 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   9 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   9 – 2 – 0
Dickinson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 3 – 0
Western Penn.   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   5 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 3
Fordham   –   1 – 1 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 4 – 2
New Hampshire   –   4 – 4 – 0
Amherst   –   4 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 4 – 1
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 8 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 1
Tufts   –   1 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1898 Ursinus football team was an American football team that represented Ursinus College during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 214 to 46.[1]Harry Off was the head coach.

Schedule[edit]

Date Opponent Site Result Source
October 1 Norristown Y.M.C.A. Collegeville, PA W 50–0 [2]
October 4 at Lebanon Valley Lebanon, PA W 6–0
October 8 Norristown Collegeville, PA W 31–0 [3]
October 15 Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf Collegeville, PA W 40–6 [4]
October 19 at Swarthmore L 0–29 [5]
October 22 at Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA Philadelphia, PA L 0–1 (forfeit)
October 26 Lebanon Valley Collegeville, PA W 25–0 [6]
October 29 Delaware Collegeville, PA W 46–0
November 5 at Haverford Haverford, PA W 6–0 [7]
November 16 vs. Franklin & Marshall Norristown, PA T 10–10 [8]

References[edit]

  1. ^

    “1898 – Ursinus (PA)”. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

  2. ^ “Ursinus and Norristown Y.M.C.A.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 2, 1898. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ “Ursinus’ Third Victory”. The Philadelphia Times. October 9, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ “Ursinus Makes Big Score”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 16, 1898. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ “Swarthmore Easily Defeats Ursinus”. The Philadelphia Times. October 20, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ “Ursinus Won on a Muddy Field”. The Philadelphia Times. October 27, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ “Ursinus Defeats Haverford”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 6, 1898. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ “F. and M. and Ursinus Tie”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.