1898 Cincinnati football team

The 1898 Cincinnati football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first season under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, the Bearcats compiled a 5–1–3 record. Albert Morrill was the team captain. The team played its home games at Union Ball Park in Cincinnati.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	at Ohio	Athens, OH	T 12–12
October 8	Miami (OH)	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH (Victory Bell)	W 22–0
October 15	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 12–0
October 22	at Oberlin	Oberlin, OH	L 0–5
October 29	at Indiana	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	T 0–0	^[3]
November 5	Alumni	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH	W 12–0
November 12	Ohio Wesleyan	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH	W 57–0
November 24	Indiana	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH	T 11–11
November 26	Dartmouth	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH	W 17–12

^ "Cincinnati Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
^ "2009 University of Cincinnati Football Media Guide" (PDF). gobearcats.com. University of Cincinnati. 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
^ "Neither Side Able To Score". The Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. October 30, 1898. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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1898 Midwestern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Washington University		–		6	–	0	–	0
Detroit College		–		5	–	0	–	0
Carthage		–		3	–	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
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
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		–		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