1898 college football season

The 1898 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Princeton as having been selected national champions.^[1]

1898 college football season
Yale vs. Princeton in 1898
Champion(s)	Harvard Princeton
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Conference standings

1898 Colorado Football Association standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Colorado Mines $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0 Colorado College 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 1 Colorado 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1898 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Kalamazoo $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0 Hillsdale 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 1 – 0 Michigan Agricultural 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0 Michigan State Normal 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 2 Olivet 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 5 – 0 Albion 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Sewanee 3 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 0 Auburn 2 – 0 – 0 2 – 1 – 0 LSU 1 – 0 – 0 1 – 0 – 0 Georgia 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0 Clemson 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 1 – 0 Tulane 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 Vanderbilt 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 5 – 0 Mississippi 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 Texas 0 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0 Nashville 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 2 – 0 Georgia Tech 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 4 – 0 Kentucky State# 0 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0 Cumberland (TN) 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0 SW Presbyterian 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0 $ – Conference champion # – State champion
1898 Triangular Football League standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Dartmouth $ 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 6 – 0 Amherst 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 1 Williams 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1898 Western Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Michigan $ 3 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0 Chicago 3 – 1 – 0 14 – 2 – 1 Wisconsin 2 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Illinois 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Minnesota 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Purdue 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 0 Northwestern 0 – 4 – 0 9 – 4 – 1 $ – Conference champion

Independents

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	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	1898 Southern college football independents records v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T North Carolina   –   9 – 0 – 0 Central (KY)   –   3 – 0 – 1 Oklahoma   –   2 – 0 – 0 Navy   –   7 – 1 – 0 West Virginia   –   6 – 1 – 0 Marshall   –   4 – 1 – 0 Georgetown   –   7 – 3 – 0 Texas A&M   –   4 – 2 – 0 VMI   –   4 – 2 – 0 Arkansas Industrial   –   2 – 1 – 0 Centre   –   2 – 1 – 2 VPI   –   3 – 2 – 0 Virginia   –   6 – 5 – 0 Richmond   –   3 – 3 – 1 Davidson   –   1 – 1 – 0 William & Mary   –   1 – 1 – 0 South Carolina   –   1 – 2 – 0 Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 2 Columbian   –   3 – 6 – 0 North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 2 – 0 Add-Ran   –   1 – 3 – 1 Maryland   –   2 – 6 – 1 Guilford   –   0 – 3 – 0
1898 Far West college football independents records v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T San Jose Normal   –   5 – 0 – 1 California   –   8 – 0 – 2 Nevada State   –   4 – 1 – 0 USC   –   5 – 1 – 1 Gonzaga   –   1 – 0 – 1 Oregon   –   3 – 1 – 0 New Mexico A&M   –   2 – 1 – 0 Utah   –   2 – 1 – 0 Stanford   –   5 – 3 – 1 Montana   –   3 – 2 – 0 Saint Mary's   –   3 – 2 – 0 Denver   –   6 – 4 – 1 Washington   –   1 – 1 – 0 Oregon Agricultural   –   1 – 2 – 1 Washington Agricultural   –   0 – 0 – 1 Utah Agricultural   –   0 – 1 – 0 Montana Agricultural   –   0 – 2 – 0 Pacific (CA)   –   0 – 0 – 2 Wyoming   –   0 – 4 – 0

See also

• 1898 College Football All-America Team