1898 Boston College football team

1898 Boston College football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–1
Head coach	John Dunlop (2nd season)
Captain	Bill Koen
Home stadium	South End Grounds
Seasons ← 1897 1899 →

1898 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	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
Pittsburgh College			–					6	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					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 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. Led by second-year head coach John Dunlop, Boston College compiled a record of 2–5–1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 9	Exeter Academy		L 0–18
October 15	Newton Athletic Club		L 0–5
October 22	vs. Tufts		L 5–6
October 24	at Brown	Lincoln Field Providence, RI	L 0–6	^[1]
October 29	at Campello Athletic Club		W 5–0
November 5	at Holy Cross	Worcester College Grounds Worcester, MA (rivalry)	T 0–0	^[2]
November 5	vs. MIT		L 0–6
November 24	Holy Cross	South End Grounds Boston, MA	W 11–0	^[3]

References

^ "Scares Brown". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Neither Scores: Boston College and Holy Cross Play a Tie". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 6, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Boston College Victorious; Defeats Holy Cross 11 to 0 in the Presence of a Big Crowd". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 25, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.

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