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1898 Ursinus football team

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1898 Ursinus football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
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 Ursinus football team was an American football team that represented Ursinus College during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 214 to 46.[1] Harry Off was the head coach.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1Norristown Y.M.C.A.Collegeville, PAW 50–0[2]
October 4at Lebanon ValleyLebanon, PAW 6–0
October 8NorristownCollegeville, PAW 31–0[3]
October 15Pennsylvania Institution for the DeafCollegeville, PAW 40–6[4]
October 19at Swarthmore
L 0–29[5]
October 22at Pennsylvania Railroad YMCAPhiladelphia, PAL 0–1 (forfeit)
October 26Lebanon ValleyCollegeville, PAW 25–0[6]
October 29DelawareCollegeville, PAW 46–0
November 5at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 6–0[7]
November 16vs. Franklin & MarshallNorristown, PAT 10–10[8]

References

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  1. ^ "1898 - Ursinus (PA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ursinus and Norristown Y.M.C.A." The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 2, 1898. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ursinus' Third Victory". The Philadelphia Times. October 9, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ursinus Makes Big Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 16, 1898. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Swarthmore Easily Defeats Ursinus". The Philadelphia Times. October 20, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Ursinus Won on a Muddy Field". The Philadelphia Times. October 27, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ursinus Defeats Haverford". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 6, 1898. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "F. and M. and Ursinus Tie". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.