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1898 Swarthmore Quakers football team

1898 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
Home stadiumWhittier Field
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 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled a 9–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 152 to 64. Jacob K. Shell was the head coach.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Swarthmore alumniSwarthmore, PAW 6–0[2]
October 1at Delaware
W 22–0[3]
October 8Rutgers
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 6–0[4]
October 12at GeorgetownWashington, DCW 11–0
October 19Ursinus
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 29–0[5]
October 22at BucknellLewisburg, PAL 18–34[6]
November 2Pennsylvania Military
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 22–0[7]
November 5Franklin & MarshallSwarthmore, PAW 10–6[8]
November 9DelawareSwarthmore, PAW 6–0[9]
November 12at ColumbianWashington, DCW 22–6[10][11]
November 19Haverford
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA (rivalry)
L 0–12[12]

References

  1. ^ "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "Swarthmore's First Game: The College Defeats an Alumni Eleven by a Close Score". The Philadelphia Times. September 29, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Swarthmore Wins". The Evening Journal. October 3, 1898. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Close Game at Swarthmore: Rutgers Was Defeated by a Lighter But More Scientific Team". The Philadelphia Times. October 9, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Swarthmore Easily Defeats Ursinus". The Philadelphia Times. October 20, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Swarthmore Wins Easily: The Quakers Do Not Allow the Chester Cadets to Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 3, 1898. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Kicking the Pigskin". The News-Journal. November 7, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Delaware's Fine Game: Prevents Swarthmore College From Scoring". The Morning News. November 10, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Swarthmore Wins: The Columbians Eleven Was Simply Outclassed". The Washington Times. November 13, 1898. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "'Rah for Swarthmore - Defeats Columbian University by the score of twenty-two to six". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 13, 1898. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Haverford at Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Times. November 20, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.