1898 Colgate football team

The 1898 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1898 college football season. Colgate reports the record for the season as 2–5, however, a reporting error in early record keeping failed to account for a 6–6 tie with Hamilton on October 1.[1][2][3]

1898 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	2–5–1
Head coach	Charles B. Mason (2nd season)
Captain	Walter Cramp

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	at Cornell	Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 5–29[4]
October 1	at Hamilton	Clinton, NY	T 6–6[2][3]
October 19	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 0–5[5]
October 29	St. John's Academy	Hamilton, NY	W 6–0[6]
November 7	at Hobart	Geneva, NY	W 12–5[7]
November 8	at Buffalo	Buffalo, NY	L 0–23[8]
November 12	Union (NY)	Hamilton, NY	L 0–11[9]
November 24	vs. Hamilton	Utica, NY	L 0–5[10]	800[10]

References

1. http://gocolgateraiders.com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2012/11/28/Year-by-Year_Results.pdf?id=2765
2. "Madisonensis: Colgate vs Hamilton".
3. "Colgate and Hamilton Play a Tie Game at Clinton".
4. "Madisonensis: Colgate Scores Against Cornell".
5. "Madisonensis: Williams 5, Colgate 0".
6. "Madisonensis: St. Johns 0, Colgate 6".
7. "Madisonensis: Hobart 5, Colgate 12".
8. "Madisonensis: Buffalo 23, Colgate 0".
9. "Madisonensis: Union 11, Colgate 0".
10. "Madisonensis: Hamilton 5, Colgate 0".