1898 Lafayette football team

1898 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–8
Head coach	Samuel B. Newton (1st season)
Captain	Charles Best
Home stadium	March Field

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 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its first season under head coach Samuel B. Newton, the team compiled a 3–8 record. Charles Best was the team captain. The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	Villanova	Easton, PA	W 16–0
October 5	vs. Washington & Jefferson	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–16	2,500
October 8	Penn State	Easton, PA	L 0–5
October 12	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–34	2,000
October 15	Dickinson	Easton, PA	L 6–12
October 22	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–32
October 29	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–18
November 5	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	L 0–22
November 12	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–47
November 19	Bucknell	Easton, PA	W 6–0
November 24	Lehigh	Easton, PA	W 11–5