1898 New Hampshire football team

The 1898 New Hampshire football team[lower-alpha 2] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[lower-alpha 3] during the 1898 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team finished with a record of 3–5 or 4–4, per 1898 sources or modern sources, respectively.

1898 New Hampshire football
Team captain Calderwood at right-center of the front row, holding football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	4–4[lower-alpha 1]
Head coach	None
Captain	Henry H. Calderwood[1]
Home stadium	College grounds, Durham, NH

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

Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and five points for a field goal.[lower-alpha 4] Teams played in the one-platoon system and the forward pass was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.

Date	Opponent	Site	per 1898 sources		per modern sources
			Result	Source	Result	Source
October 6	at Bates	Lewiston, ME	L 0–35	[3][4]	L 0–35	[5][6]
October 8	at Bowdoin	Whittier Field · Brunswick, ME	L 0–59	[7][8]	L 0–59	[5][6]
October 15	Sanborn Seminary	Durham, NH	W 81–0	[9]	W 81–0	[5][6]
October 22	MIT (underclassmen)[lower-alpha 5]	Durham, NH	W 6–0	[10]	W 6–0	[5][6]
November 2	MIT (varsity)	Durham, NH	L 0–22	[11][12]	L 0–22	[5][6]
November 5	at Andover Academy	Andover, MA	L 0–24	[13]	L 0–24	[5][6]
November 12	Portsmouth HS Alumni	Durham, NH	L 0–6	[14][15]	W 11–0	[5][6]
November 16	Saint Anselm	Durham, NH	W 11–0	[16]	W 11–0	[5][6]

The 81 points scored by New Hampshire on October 15 surpass program records of most points scored (70) and greatest margin of victory (66) as listed in the New Hampshire media guide;[17] however, this game was played against a high school team.

The November 2 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and MIT varsity football programs.[18]

The New Hampshire team left the field early in the second half of the November 12 game, due to rough play. The contemporary game recap published in The Portsmouth Herald notes that the referee "awarded it to Portsmouth six to nothing."[14] The score on the field had been 11–0 in favor of New Hampshire at the time the game was abandoned.[14]

Roster

Name	Position	Team photo location
Henry H. Calderwood (captain)	fullback	on floor, second from right (with football)
Guy M. Cleaveland	right halfback (sub.)	standing rightmost
Irving A. Colby	left tackle	seated, second from left
J. N. Cook	fullback (sub.)	standing, second from left
J. S. Dearborn	center	seated, center
Harry G. Farwell	right end	on floor, leftmost
George	end (sub.)	standing, second from right
Fred H. Grover	left halfback (sub.)	seated, second from right
Willis D. F. Hayden	right guard	seated, rightmost
J. Norton Hunt	left end	standing, leftmost
Rutherford B. Lewis	quarterback	on floor, rightmost
W. H. Twombly	right guard	standing, center
John E. Wilson	left halfback	seated, leftmost
Robert M. Wright	right halfback	on floor, second from left

Source: [1]

Notes

1. per the University's media guide; 1898 sources differ
2. The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
3. The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
4. Scoring during the 1883–1897 seasons had been 4 points for a touchdown and 2 points for a conversion kick.
5. Sources differ as to whether the MIT underclassmen team was freshmen[5][6] or sophomores.[10]

References

1. "(photo)". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6 no. 3. December 1898. p. 40. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
2. "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
3. "N. H. v. Bates". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6 no. 2. November 1898. pp. 36–37. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
4. "Bates Scores 35 Points". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
5. "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
6. "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
7. "N. H. v. Bowdoin". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6 no. 2. November 1898. p. 37. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
8. "Bowdoin 59, New Hampshire 0". The Boston Globe. October 9, 1898. p. 21. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
9. "N. H. v. Sanborn". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6 no. 2. November 1898. p. 38. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
10. "N. H. v. M. I. T. '01". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6 no. 3. December 1898. p. 57. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
11. "N. H. v. M. I. T." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6 no. 3. December 1898. pp. 57–58. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
12. "Technology 22, N H College 0". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1898. p. 7. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
13. "N. H. v. P. A." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6 no. 3. December 1898. p. 58. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
14. "Not Good Foot Ball". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 14, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved April 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
15. "N. H. v. P. H. S. A." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6 no. 3. December 1898. p. 59. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
16. "N. H. v. St. Anselm". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6 no. 3. December 1898. pp. 59–60. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
17. "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 63. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
18. "New Hampshire vs MIT (MA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.

Further reading

• "Editorial: Football Season". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6 no. 3. December 1898. p. 52. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.