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1898 college football season Yale vs. Princeton
Champion(s) Harvard Princeton
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football seasons
· 1899 →
The 1898 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Princeton as having been selected national champions .[1]
Conference standings [ ]
Major conference standings [ ]
1898 Colorado Football Association standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Colorado Mines $
2
–
0
–
0
8
–
0
–
0
Colorado College
1
–
1
–
0
5
–
1
–
1
Colorado
0
–
2
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Sewanee $
3
–
0
–
0
4
–
0
–
0
Auburn
2
–
0
–
0
2
–
1
–
0
LSU
1
–
0
–
0
1
–
0
–
0
Georgia
3
–
1
–
0
4
–
2
–
0
Clemson
1
–
1
–
0
3
–
1
–
0
Tulane
1
–
1
–
0
1
–
1
–
0
Kentucky State #
0
–
0
–
0
7
–
0
–
0
Vanderbilt
1
–
2
–
0
1
–
5
–
0
Texas
0
–
1
–
0
5
–
1
–
0
Ole Miss
0
–
1
–
0
1
–
1
–
0
Nashville
0
–
2
–
0
0
–
2
–
0
Georgia Tech
0
–
3
–
0
0
–
3
–
0
Cumberland (TN)
0
–
0
–
0
0
–
0
–
0
SW Presbyterian
0
–
0
–
0
0
–
0
–
0
$ – Conference champion # – State champion
1898 Western Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Michigan $
3
–
0
–
0
10
–
0
–
0
Chicago
3
–
1
–
0
14
–
2
–
1
Wisconsin
2
–
1
–
0
9
–
1
–
0
Illinois
1
–
1
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Minnesota
1
–
2
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Purdue
0
–
1
–
0
3
–
3
–
0
Northwestern
0
–
4
–
0
9
–
4
–
1
Independents [ ]
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
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
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
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
1898 Southern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
North Carolina
–
9
–
0
–
0
Central
–
3
–
0
–
1
Oklahoma
–
2
–
0
–
0
Navy
–
7
–
1
–
0
West Virginia
–
6
–
1
–
0
Marshall
–
4
–
1
–
0
Georgetown
–
7
–
3
–
0
Texas A&M
–
4
–
2
–
0
VMI
–
4
–
2
–
0
Arkansas Industrial
–
2
–
1
–
0
Centre
–
2
–
1
–
2
VPI
–
3
–
2
–
0
Virginia
–
6
–
5
–
0
Richmond
–
3
–
3
–
1
Davidson
–
1
–
1
–
0
William & Mary
–
1
–
1
–
0
South Carolina
–
1
–
2
–
0
Delaware
–
2
–
5
–
2
Columbian
–
3
–
6
–
0
Add-Ran
–
1
–
3
–
1
Maryland
–
2
–
6
–
1
1898 Far West college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
California
–
8
–
0
–
2
Nevada State
–
4
–
1
–
0
USC
–
5
–
1
–
1
Oregon
–
3
–
1
–
0
New Mexico A&M
–
2
–
1
–
0
Utah
–
2
–
1
–
0
Stanford
–
5
–
3
–
1
Montana
–
3
–
2
–
0
Saint Mary's
–
3
–
2
–
0
Denver
–
6
–
4
–
1
Washington
–
1
–
1
–
0
Oregon Agricultural
–
1
–
2
–
1
Washington Agricultural
–
0
–
0
–
1
Utah Agricultural
–
0
–
1
–
0
Montana Agricultural
–
0
–
2
–
0
Pacific (CA)
–
0
–
0
–
2
Wyoming
–
0
–
4
–
0
Minor conferences [ ]
Conference
Champion(s)
Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Kalamazoo
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