1898 Colgate football team

1898 Colgate football
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Record2–5–1
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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
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 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1898 college football season. Colgate reports the record for the season as 2–5, however, a reporting error in early record keeping failed to account for a 6–6 tie with Hamilton on October 1.[1][2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24at CornellIthaca, NY (rivalry)L 5–29[4]
October 1at HamiltonClinton, NYT 6–6[2][3]
October 19at WilliamsWilliamstown, MAL 0–5[5]
October 29St. John's AcademyHamilton, NYW 6–0[6]
November 7at HobartGeneva, NYW 12–5[7]
November 8at BuffaloBuffalo, NYL 0–23[8]
November 12Union (NY)Hamilton, NYL 0–11[9]
November 24vs. HamiltonUtica, NYL 0–5[10]800[10]

References

  1. ^ "Reference at gocolgateraiders.com.s3.amazonaws.com" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Madisonensis: Colgate vs Hamilton". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Colgate and Hamilton Play a Tie Game at Clinton".
  4. ^ "Madisonensis: Colgate Scores Against Cornell". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  5. ^ "Madisonensis: Williams 5, Colgate 0". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  6. ^ "Madisonensis: St. Johns 0, Colgate 6". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  7. ^ "Madisonensis: Hobart 5, Colgate 12". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  8. ^ "Madisonensis: Buffalo 23, Colgate 0". Archived from the original on July 1, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  9. ^ "Madisonensis: Union 11, Colgate 0". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Madisonensis: Hamilton 5, Colgate 0". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.


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