1898 Pittsburgh College football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1898 Pittsburgh College football
ConferenceIndependent
1898 record5–4–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
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

The 1898 Pittsburgh College football team was an American football team that represented Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost—now known as Duquesne University—during the 1898 college football season. James Van Cleve served in his first and only season as the team's head coach.[1]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13:00 p.m.Geneva
W 23–5[2][3]
October 83:30 p.m.Pittsburgh Athletic Club
  • P. A. C. Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 0–0[4]
Swissvale Athletic ClubW 17–0
October 22Duquesne Country and Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PAL 0–16
Latrobe Athletic Association?L 0–17
Steubenville Acme Club?W 16–0
November 2Greensburg Athletic Association?L 0–11
Latrobe Athletic Association?L 6–22
Homestead Athletic Club?W 28–5
Wheeling Athletic Club?W 11–0

[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "2005 Duquesne Dukes Football MG". Duquesne University. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Has A Strong Team". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 29, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "Made A Good Start". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 2, 1898. p. 16. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Neither Side Scored". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 9, 1898. p. 14. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "Duquesne Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
Retrieved from ""