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1898 Bucknell football team

1898 Bucknell football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–3
Head coach
CaptainEmmanuel Cober
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
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 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. Led by George Jennings in his second and final season as head coach, Bucknell compiled a record of 4–4–3. Emmanuel Cober was the team captain.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Wyoming Seminary
W 6–0[1][2][3]
October 13:30 p.m.at Company C, National Guard
T 0–01,000[4][5]
October 83:00 p.m.at NavyL 0–11[6][7]
October 153:15 p.m.vs. University of Maryland, Baltimore
W 6–0[8][9]
October 222:30 p.m.Swarthmore
  • Bucknell campus
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 34–18[10][11][12]
October 292:30 p.m.at LehighBethlehem, PAT 0–0[13]
November 5vs. Penn StateWilliamsport, PAL 0–165,000[14][15]
November 8at Maryland Athletic Club
W 6–5[16]
November 123:00 p.m.vs. Franklin & MarshallReading, PAT 11–11[17][18]
November 192:00 p.m.at LafayetteEaston, PAL 0–6[19][20]
November 243:30 p.m.at BuffaloL 5–36[21][22]

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References

  1. ^ "Foot Ball Saturday". Lewisburg Chronicle. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. September 24, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Bucknell's First Victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 25, 1898. p. 13. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "The First Game.—Bucknell Defeats Wyoming, 6-0". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Bradford Co. C. And Bucknell". The Buffalo Sunday News. Buffalo, New York. October 2, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "A Tie Game". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. October 7, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Cadets Defeat Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 9, 1898. p. 14. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "The Navies Win". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Bucknell Defeats Maryland". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 16, 1898. p. 13. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Bucknell Victorious". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Swarthmore Saturday". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Swarthmore Is Defeated: Puts Up a Magnificent Game, But Bucknell Is a Bit Too Good". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1898. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Bucknell 34, Swarthmore 18". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. October 28, 1898. p. 7. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Tie Game At Bethlehem". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 30, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Bucknell Was Defeated". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 6, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "State 16; Bucknell, 0". Lewisburg Chronicle. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 12, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Won By A Point". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Baltimore. November 9, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Each Scored Eleven". The Lancaster Intelligencer. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Played A Draw Game". The Morning News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ "Lafayette Won". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ "Lafayette Wins". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  21. ^ "Football". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 23, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  22. ^ "In a Walk; Buffalo 'Varsity Is Easily the Peer of the Second Division; Bucknell Wasn't in It". Buffalo Evening Times. November 25, 1898 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "1898 Football Schedule". Bucknell Athletics & Recreation. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  24. ^ "2024 Bucknell Football Record Book" (PDF). Bucknell Athletics & Recreation. p. 59. Retrieved January 18, 2025.