1898 Carlisle Indians football team

The 1898 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1898 college football season. Led by John A. Hall in his first only season as head coach, the Indians compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 203 to 99.^[1]

1898 Carlisle Indians football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4
Head coach	John A. Hall (1st season)
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

Key players included Frank Cayou, Frank Hudson, Bemus Pierce, Hawley Pierce, and Eddie Rogers. Hudson was selected by Outing magazine as the first-team quarterback on its 1898 All-America college football team.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Bloomsburg Normal	Carlisle, PA	W 43–0		[3]
October 1	Susquehanna	Carlisle, PA	W 48–0	1,000	[4]
October 8	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–23		[5]
October 15	vs. Williams	Ridgefield Park Albany, NY	W 17–6	3,000	[6]
October 22	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 5–18	2,500	[7]
October 29	at Harvard	Soldier's Field Boston, MA	L 5–11		[8]
November 5	Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	W 46–0	3,000	[9]
November 12	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 5–35		[10]
November 19	vs. Illinois	Jackson Park Chicago, IL	W 11–0	2,000	[11][12]
December 3	Dartmouth	Carlisle, PA	W 17–6		[13]'