1898 Drake Bulldogs football team

The 1898 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its second season under head coach A. B. Potter, the team compiled a 4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 102 to 55. It was Drake's first winning season.[1] In the final game of the season, the team defeated Nebraska.[2]

1898 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
1898 record4–2
Head coachA. B. Potter (2nd season)
1898 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Washington University      6 0 0
Detroit College      5 0 0
Iowa State Normal      4 0 1
Washburn      4 0 1
Kansas      7 1 0
Cincinnati      5 1 3
Indiana      4 1 2
Nebraska      8 3 0
Drake      4 2 0
Lake Forest      2 1 0
Notre Dame      4 2 0
Butler      2 1 1
Heidelberg      4 3 0
Michigan Agricultural      4 3 0
Iowa State      3 2 0
Kansas State      1 1 2
DePauw      3 4 2
Iowa      3 4 2
Ohio      1 2 1
Ohio State      3 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace      2 4 0
Indiana State      1 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural      1 2 0
Wabash      2 5 1
Ohio Wesleyan      2 5 0
Haskell      2 7 0
Missouri      1 4 1
Wittenberg      1 5 1
Fairmount      0 1 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24at GrinnellGrinnell, IAL 10–12
October 8at MonmouthMonmouth, ILW 34–0
October 15at IowaW 18–5
October 29at Iowa StateL 16–17
November 5at GrinnellGrinnell, IAW 18–16
November 12at Nebraska
W 6–5[2]

References

  1. "2015 Drake Football Media Guide". Drake University. p. 99.
  2. "Drake Team Wins Out". Nebraska State Journal. November 13, 1898. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
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