1898 Lehigh football team

1898 Lehigh football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6–1
Head coach	Samuel Huston Thompson (1st season)

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 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its first season under head coach Samuel Huston Thompson, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 106 to 49.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Rutgers	Bethlehem, PA	W 12–0
October 1	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–21		[2]
October 8	at NYU	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–10	200	[3]
October 15	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–40
October 22	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–18
October 29	Bucknell	Bethlehem, PA	T 0–0
November 5	Lafayette	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 22–0
November 12	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 5–6
November 19	Maryland Athletic Club	Bethlehem, PA	W 5–0
November 24	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	L 5–11

References

1. "1898 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
2. "Princeton's First Game: Lehigh Beaten 21 to 0, Both Teams Playing in Bad Form - Tigers' Heavy Line Too Much for Visitors". The Boston Globe. October 2, 1898. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "N.Y.U. 10, Lehigh 0". The Sun. October 9, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.