1898 Auburn Tigers football team

1898 Auburn Tigers football
Coach John Heisman is in the second row in the middle wearing glasses.
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	2–1 (2–0 SIAA)
Head coach	John Heisman (4th season)
Captain	George N. Mitcham

1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Sewanee	3	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
Auburn	2	–	0	–	0			2	–	1	–	0
LSU	1	–	0	–	0			1	–	0	–	0
Georgia	3	–	1	–	0			4	–	2	–	0
Clemson	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	1	–	0
Tulane	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	2	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Mississippi	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Texas	0	–	1	–	0			5	–	1	–	0
Nashville	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	4	–	0
Kentucky State#	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	0
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	0	–	0			0	–	0	–	0
SW Presbyterian	0	–	0	–	0			0	–	0	–	0
$ – Conference champion # – State champion

The 1898 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' seventh season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach John Heisman, in his fourth year, and finished with a record of two wins and one loss (2–1 overall, 2–1 in the SIAA).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 5	Georgia Tech	Drill Field Auburn, AL (rivalry)	W 29–4	[1][2]
November 14	North Carolina	Drill Field Auburn, AL	L 0–24	[3][4]
November 24	vs. Georgia	Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 18–17	[5][6]

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References

1. "Auburn defeats the Techs". The Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Auburn wins". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 6, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Auburn, too, goes down to Tar men". The Atlanta Journal. November 15, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Auburn eleven fails to score". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 15, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Auburn pluck too much for Georgia". The Times-Democrat. November 25, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Auburn's fast team too much for Georgia and the captain of that team laid down and took his men off the field". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 25, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 182. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
8. "1898 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2012.