1898 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1898 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Jack Ryder (5th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field

1898 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington University			–					6	–	0	–	0
Detroit College			–					5	–	0	–	0
Carthage			–					3	–	0	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					1	–	0	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					4	–	0	–	1
Washburn			–					4	–	0	–	1
Kansas			–					7	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati			–					5	–	1	–	3
Indiana			–					4	–	1	–	2
Nebraska			–					8	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					2	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					4	–	2	–	0
Western Reserve			–					5	–	3	–	0
Butler			–					2	–	1	–	1
Heidelberg			–					4	–	3	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					4	–	3	–	0
Iowa State			–					3	–	2	–	0
Kansas State			–					1	–	1	–	2
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	1	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					1	–	1	–	1
DePauw			–					3	–	4	–	2
Iowa			–					3	–	4	–	2
Ohio			–					1	–	2	–	1
Ohio State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					2	–	4	–	0
Central Michigan			–					1	–	2	–	0
Indiana State Normal			–					1	–	2	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					1	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					2	–	5	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan			–					2	–	5	–	0
Haskell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Missouri			–					1	–	4	–	1
Wittenberg			–					1	–	5	–	1
Fairmount			–					0	–	1	–	0

The 1898 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1898 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 1	Heidelberg	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 17–0
October 8	Marietta	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	L 0–10
October 15	Denison	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 34–0
October 22	Marietta	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	L 0–10
November 5	at Western Reserve	Cleveland, OH	L 0–49
November 12	Case	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	L 5–23
November 19	Kenyon	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	L 0–29
November 24	Ohio Wesleyan	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	W 24–0