1898 Lehigh football team

1898 Lehigh football
1898 Lehigh football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	3–6–1
Head coach	Samuel Huston Thompson (1st season);
	Seasons ← 1897 1899 →

The 1898 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its first season under head coach Samuel Huston Thompson, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 106 to 49.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 24	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–21
September 28	Rutgers	Bethlehem, PA	W 12–0
October 8	at NYU	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–10^[2]
October 15	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–40
October 22	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–18
October 29	Bucknell	Bethlehem, PA	T 0–0
November 5	Lafayette	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 22–0
November 12	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 5–6
November 19	Maryland Athletic Club	Bethlehem, PA	W 5–0
November 24	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	L 5–11

^ "1898 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
^ "N.Y.U. 10, Lehigh 0". The Sun. October 9, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Venues	Taylor Stadium (1914–1987) Goodman Stadium (1988–present)
Bowls & rivalries	The Rivalry (Lafayette) Delaware
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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National championship seasons in bold

1898 Eastern college football independents records
v t	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
Army		–		3	–	2	–	1
Vermont		–		3	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross		–		5	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College		–		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