1898 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4–1
Head coach
CaptainThomas P. Howard
Home stadiumRollins Field
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
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
Western Reserve   –   5 – 3 – 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
South Dakota Agricultural   –   1 – 1 – 1
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 Normal   –   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

The 1898 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as an independent during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled a 1–4–1 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 98 to 33. Dave Fultz was the head coach for the first of two seasons.[1] The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Wentworth Military
T 0–0
October 8at Kansas City MedicsKansas City, MOL 0–16
October 17at Kansas City MedicsKansas City, MOW 15–5
October 24Nebraska
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
L 6–47
October 293:15 p.m.at Washington University
L 12–181,000[2][3][4]
November 242:00 p.m.vs. Kansas
L 0–122,000[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Bland's Warriors Are Ready". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 29, 1898. p. 7. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Washington's Warriors Won". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 30, 1898. p. 15. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Rah! Rah! Rah! For 'Varsity". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. October 30, 1898. p. 10. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "To-day's Big Game". The Kansas City Journal. Kansas City, Missouri. November 24, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved July 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Kansas, 12; Missouri, 0". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. November 25, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved July 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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