1898 Dartmouth football team
The 1898 Dartmouth football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1898 college football season.[1]
| 1898 Dartmouth football | |
|---|---|
 | |
TFL champion | |
| Conference | Triangular Football League |
| 1898 record | 5–6 (2–0 TFL) |
| Head coach | William Wurtenburg (4th season) |
| Captain | Fred Crolius |
| 1898 Triangular Football League standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Despite finishing with a losing record, the 1898 Dartmouth team was regarded by some eastern sportswriters, most notably Outing, to be the best fielded by head coach William Wurtenburg.[2] Against an expanded schedule, the squad went only 5–6, but managed to outscore their opponents by a total of 205–137. The year began with a defeat of regular opponent Phillips Exeter Academy, and was followed by a shutout loss to Harvard. After two consecutive wins over nearby schools, Dartmouth lost to former Triangular Football League opponentWesleyan, 23–5.[3] The following two contests were against Triangular Football League opponents Amherst and Williams. The latter game was regarded as Dartmouth's most significant game of the season by eastern sportswriters, since Williams had hired two new coaches and expanded practices in order to win the conference in 1898. Dartmouth outdid Williams, however, and defeated them 10–6 to claim a sixth straight conference championship.[2] The season ended on a sour note with four straight losses on the road, two of them coming against Midwestern teams.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 30 | Phillips Exeter Academy* | Hanover, NH | W 23–5 |
| October 8 | at Harvard* | L 0–21 | |
| October 15 | Bowdoin* | Hanover, NH | W 35–6 |
| October 22 | Vermont* | Hanover, NH | W 45–6 |
| October 29 | Wesleyan* | Hanover, NH | L 5–23 |
| November 5 | at Amherst | Amherst, MA | W 64–6 |
| November 12 | at Williams | Williamstown, MA | W 10–6 |
| November 21 | at Brown* | Providence, RI | L 0–12 |
| November 24 | at Chicago Athletic Club* | Chicago, IL | L 5–17 |
| November 26 | at Cincinnati* | L 12–17 | |
| Unknown | at Carlisle* | Carlisle, PA | L 6–17 |
| |||
References
- 1898 Dartmouth College football scores and results Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 4, 2013.
- Camp, Walter (November 1898). "Football of 1898: Prospects of the Season". Outing, an Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Recreation. Sampson Low, Marston & Company. XXXIII (2): 189–196. OCLC 228719114.
- Staff (2013). "William Wurtenburg coaching record–1898". William C. "Bill" Wurtenburg Records by Year. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2014.