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1898 Boston College football team

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1898 Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5–1
Head coach
CaptainBill Koen
Home stadiumSouth End Grounds
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
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 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

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 9Exeter AcademyL 0–18
October 15Newton Athletic ClubL 0–5
October 22vs. TuftsL 5–6
October 24at Brown
L 0–6[1]
October 29at Campello Athletic ClubW 5–0
November 5at Holy Cross
T 0–0[2]
November 5vs. MITL 0–6
November 24Holy CrossW 11–0[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Scares Brown". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Neither Scores: Boston College and Holy Cross Play a Tie". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 6, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "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.