1898 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1898 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1898 college football season. In their second season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled a 10–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 296 to 29.^[1] Three Cornell players received honors on the 1898 College Football All-America Team: tackle Edwin Sweetland (Walter Camp-3); guard Daniel A. Reed, Cornell (Camp-3, Leslie's Weekly-2); and halfback Allen E. Whiting, Cornell (Outing-2, Leslie's-2).^[2][3][4]

1898 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	10–2
Head coach	Pop Warner (2nd season)
Captain	Allen Whiting
Home stadium	Percy Field
Seasons ← 1897 1899 →

1898 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
Swarthmore			–					9	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	2	–	0
Dickinson			–					8	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Western Penn.			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					6	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	3
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
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					1	–	9	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	6	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 21	Syracuse	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 28–0
September 24	Colgate	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 29–5
September 28	Hamilton	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 41–0
October 1	Trinity (CT)	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 47–0
October 5	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	W 30–0
October 12	Carlisle	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 23–6	^[5]
October 15	Buffalo	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 27–0	^[6]
October 22	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–6	^[7]
October 29	Oberlin	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 6–0
November 5	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	W 12–0
November 12	Lafayette	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 47–0
November 24	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 6–12

References

1. "1898 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "Camp's 1898 All-America Teams". Evening Independent. November 21, 1930.
3. (PDF). The Outing Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
4. (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. February 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
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. "Could Not Score: Cornell Too Much for Buffalo 'Varsity". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 16, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Cornell's Eleven Holds Tigers Down To Six Small Points". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1898. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.