1898 NYU Violets football team

1898 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–3
Head coach	Frank H. Cann (1st season)
Captain	Nelson B. Hatch
Home stadium	Ohio Field

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

The 1898 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their only year under head coach Frank H. Cann, the team compiled a 1–3 record. Nelson B. Hatch, who had played as a quarterback at NYU from 1895 to 1897, was selected as the team's captain after Robert Keane left the school to study at New York Medical College.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 8	Lehigh	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 10–0	200	[2]
October 15	Rutgers	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 5–11		[3]
October 20	at Stevens	St. George's Cricket Grounds Hoboken, NJ	L 0–40		[4]
October 26	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	Canceled—rain		[5]
October 29	Swarthmore	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	Canceled		[6]
November 5	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	L 0–17		[7]

References

1. "Educational Notes; New York University". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 2, 1898. p. 16. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
2. "N.Y.U. 10, Lehigh 0". The Sun. October 9, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Rutgers beats New York University". The New York Times. October 16, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Football notes". The New York Times. October 21, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Games postponed". New Haven Morning Journal and Courirer. October 27, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Swarthmore and Penn freshmen". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "New York University loses". The New York Times. November 6, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.