1898 Harvard Crimson football team
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| 1898 Harvard Crimson football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| 1898 record | 11–0 |
| Head coach | William Forbes (2nd year) |
The 1898 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1898 college football season. The team finished with an 11–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation. Princeton, which finished the 1898 season 11-0-1, was named champion by one selector, Parke H. Davis.[1] The Harvard team outscored their opponents 257 to 19 during the season.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Dartmouth* | Cambridge, MA | W 21–0 | ||||||
| October 1 | Williams* | Cambridge, MA | W 11–0 | ||||||
| October 5 | Bowdoin* | Cambridge, MA | W 28–6 | ||||||
| October 12 | Amherst* | Cambridge, MA | W 53–2 | ||||||
| October 15 | at Army* | West Point, NY | W 28–0 | ||||||
| October 19 | Newton AC* | Cambridge, MA | W 22–0 | ||||||
| October 22 | Chicago AA* | Cambridge, MA | W 39–0 | ||||||
| October 29 | Carlisle* | Cambridge, MA | W 11–5 | ||||||
| November 5 | Penn* | Cambridge, MA | W 10–0 | ||||||
| November 12 | Brown* | Cambridge, MA | W 17–6 | ||||||
| November 19 | at Yale* | Yale Field • New Haven, CT (Rivalry) | W 17–0 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
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- ↑ 1898 Harvard University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 4, 2013.
