1898 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–1
Head coach	Charles B. Mason (2nd season)
Captain	Walter Cramp
Seasons ← 1897 1899 →

1898 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	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 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1898 college football season. Colgate reports the record for the season as 2–5, however, a reporting error in early record keeping failed to account for a 6–6 tie with Hamilton on October 1.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	at Cornell	Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 5–29^[4]
October 1	at Hamilton	Clinton, NY	T 6–6^[2]^[3]
October 19	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 0–5^[5]
October 29	St. John's Academy	Hamilton, NY	W 6–0^[6]
November 7	at Hobart	Geneva, NY	W 12–5^[7]
November 8	at Buffalo	Buffalo, NY	L 0–23^[8]
November 12	Union (NY)	Hamilton, NY	L 0–11^[9]
November 24	vs. Hamilton	Utica, NY	L 0–5^[10]	800^[10]

References

^ "Reference at gocolgateraiders.com.s3.amazonaws.com" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "Madisonensis: Colgate vs Hamilton". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Colgate and Hamilton Play a Tie Game at Clinton".
^ "Madisonensis: Colgate Scores Against Cornell". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
^ "Madisonensis: Williams 5, Colgate 0". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
^ "Madisonensis: St. Johns 0, Colgate 6". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
^ "Madisonensis: Hobart 5, Colgate 12". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
^ "Madisonensis: Buffalo 23, Colgate 0". Archived from the original on July 1, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
^ "Madisonensis: Union 11, Colgate 0". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Madisonensis: Hamilton 5, Colgate 0". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.

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