1898 Carlisle Indians football team

The 1898 Carlisle Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its first season under head coach John A. Hall, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 203 to 99.[1]

1898 Carlisle Indians football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	6–4
Head coach	John A. Hall (1st season)

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
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					9	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Western Penn.			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					5	–	4	–	1
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
Geneva			–					1	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					1	–	9	–	0

Key players included Frank Cayou, Frank Hudson, Bemus Pierce, Hawley Pierce, and Eddie Rogers. Hudson was selected by Outing magazine as the first-team quarterback on its 1898 All-America college football team.[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Bloomsburg	Carlisle, PA	W 43–0		[3]
October 1	Susquehanna	Carlisle, PA	W 48–0	1,000	[4]
October 8	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–23		[5]
October 15	vs. Williams	Ridgefield Park Albany, NY	W 17–6		[6]
October 22	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 5–18	2,500	[7]
October 29	at Harvard	Soldiers Field Cambridge, MA	L 5–11		[8]
November 5	Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	W 46–0	3,000	[9]
November 12	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 5–35		[10]
November 19	vs. Illinois	Coliseum Field Chicago, IL	W 11–0	2,000	[11]
	Dartmouth	Carlisle, PA	W 17–6

References

1. "1898 Carlisle Indians Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
2. "Football" (PDF). The Outing Magazine.
3. "Indians Played Well: Hudson Kicked Two Goals From the Field". The Philadelphia Times. September 25, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Indians Played a Strong Game". The Philadelhia Times. October 2, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Cornell Beat Indians: It Was a Fierce Game at Ithaca, and Whiting's Work was Sensational". Buffalo Courier. October 9, 1898. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Carlisle 17, Williams 6: O'Neill Gets Ball on a Fumble of Metoxen and Runs the Length of the Field for a Touchdown". The Boston Globe. October 16, 1898. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Indians Score At Yale: Hudson Drops a Wonderful Goal From The 45-Yard Line". The Boston Globe. October 23, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "From 20-Yard Line Indian Quarterback Drops Goal From the Field". The Boston Globe. October 30, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Indians Toyed With Dickinson". The Philadelphia Times. November 6, 1898. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Indians Snowed Under By Penn's Fine Play". The Philadelphia Times. November 13, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Red Men Easy Winners: Carlisle Tribe Outplays Illinois at Coliseum Field". Chicago Tribune. November 20, 1898. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.