1898 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–3
Head coach
CaptainNelson B. Hatch
Home stadiumOhio Field
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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
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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their only year under head coach Frank H. Cann, the team compiled a 1–3 record. Nelson B. Hatch, who had played as a quarterback at NYU from 1895 to 1897, was selected as the team's captain after Robert Keane left the school to study at New York Medical College.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8Lehigh
W 10–0200[2]
October 15Rutgers
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 5–11[3]
October 20at Stevens
L 0–40[4]
October 26at Rutgers
Canceled—rain [5]
October 29Swarthmore
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
Canceled [6]
November 5at SyracuseSyracuse, NYL 0–17[7]

References

  1. ^ "Educational Notes; New York University". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 2, 1898. p. 16. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "N.Y.U. 10, Lehigh 0". The Sun. October 9, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Rutgers beats New York University". The New York Times. October 16, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Football notes". The New York Times. October 21, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Games postponed". New Haven Morning Journal and Courirer. October 27, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Swarthmore and Penn freshmen". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "New York University loses". The New York Times. November 6, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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