1898 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1898 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1898 college football season. In their second season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled a 10–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 296 to 29. Three Cornell players received honors on the 1898 College Football All-America Team: tackle Edwin Sweetland (Walter Camp-3); guard Daniel A. Reed, Cornell (Camp-3, Leslie's Weekly-2); and halfback Allen E. Whiting, Cornell (Outing-2, Leslie's-2).^[1][2][3]

1898 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	10–2
Head coach	Pop Warner (2nd season)
Captain	Allen Whiting
Home stadium	Percy Field
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 21	Syracuse	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 28–0
September 24	Colgate	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 29–5
September 28	Hamilton	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 41–0
October 1	Trinity (CT)	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 47–0
October 5	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	W 30–0
October 12	Carlisle	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 23–6	[4]
October 15	Buffalo	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 27–0	[5]
October 22	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–6	[6]
October 29	Oberlin	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 6–0
November 5	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	W 12–0
November 12	Lafayette	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 47–0
November 24	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 6–12

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