1898 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1898 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–2–1
Head coach	Frank E. Wade (2nd season)
Captain	Morgan Wilcox
Home stadium	Old Oval

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 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1898 college football season. The head coach was Frank E. Wade, coaching his second season with the Orangemen.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 21	at Cornell	Ithaca, NY	L 0–28
October 1	Rochester	Syracuse, NY	W 35–0
October 5	Cornell	Syracuse, NY	L 0–30
October 12	at Hobart	Geneva, NY	W 46–5
October 22	at Case	League Park Cleveland, OH	W 10–0	[1]
October 26	Syracuse Athletic Association	Syracuse, NY	W 28–0
October 29	at Ogdensburg	Syracuse, NY	W 17–6
November 5	NYU	Syracuse, NY	W 17–0	[2]
November 9	Syracuse Athletic Association	Syracuse, NY	W 28–0
November 12	at Wyoming Seminary	Kingston, PA	W 11–0
November 19	Trinity (CT)	Syracuse, NY	T 0–0

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References

1. "A Busy Day". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. October 23, 1898. p. 12. Retrieved November 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
2. "New York University loses". The New York Times. November 6, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 4, 2017.