1898 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1898 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1898 college football season. In their first season under head coach James H. Horne, the Hoosiers compiled a 4–1–2 record.^[1]

1898 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–1–2
Head coach	James H. Horne (1st season)
Captain	William Youtsler
Home stadium	Jordan Field
Seasons ← 1897 1899 →

1898 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington University			–					6	–	0	–	0
Detroit College			–					5	–	0	–	0
Carthage			–					3	–	0	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					1	–	0	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					4	–	0	–	1
Washburn			–					4	–	0	–	1
Kansas			–					7	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati			–					6	–	1	–	2
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 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
Ohio			–					1	–	3	–	0
Haskell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Missouri			–					1	–	4	–	1
Wittenberg			–					1	–	5	–	1
Fairmount			–					0	–	1	–	0
College of Emporia			–					0	–	2	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 8	Rose Polytechnic	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	W 11–0	[2]
	Emmerich Manual High School	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	W 20–0
October 29	Cincinnati	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	T 0–0	[3]
November 5	at Notre Dame	Brownson Hall field Notre Dame, IN	W 11–5
November 7	at DePauw	Greencastle, IN	W 32–0
November 12	at Purdue	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	L 0–14	[4]
November 24	at Cincinnati	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH	T 11–11

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