1898 Swarthmore Quakers football team

1898 Swarthmore Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–2
Head coach	Jacob K. Shell (11th season)
Home stadium	Whittier 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 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled a 9–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 152 to 64. Jacob K. Shell was the head coach.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28		Swarthmore alumni	Swarthmore, PA	W 6–0	[2]
October 1		at Delaware	Front and Union street grounds Wilmington, DE	W 22–0	[3]
October 8		Rutgers	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 6–0	[4]
October 12		at Georgetown	Washington, DC	W 11–0
October 19		Ursinus	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 29–0	[5]
October 22	2:30 p.m.	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	L 18–34	[6][7][8]
November 2		Pennsylvania Military	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 22–0	[9]
November 5		Franklin & Marshall	Swarthmore, PA	W 10–6	[10]
November 9		Delaware	Swarthmore, PA	W 6–0	[11]
November 12		at Columbian	Washington, DC	W 22–6	[12][13]
November 19		Haverford	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA (rivalry)	L 0–12	[14]

References

1. "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
2. "Swarthmore's First Game: The College Defeats an Alumni Eleven by a Close Score". The Philadelphia Times. September 29, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Swarthmore Wins". The Evening Journal. October 3, 1898. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Close Game at Swarthmore: Rutgers Was Defeated by a Lighter But More Scientific Team". The Philadelphia Times. October 9, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Swarthmore Easily Defeats Ursinus". The Philadelphia Times. October 20, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Swarthmore Saturday". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Swarthmore Is Defeated: Puts Up a Magnificent Game, But Bucknell Is a Bit Too Good". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1898. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Bucknell 34, Swarthmore 18". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. October 28, 1898. p. 7. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
9. "Swarthmore Wins Easily: The Quakers Do Not Allow the Chester Cadets to Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 3, 1898. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Kicking the Pigskin". The News-Journal. November 7, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Delaware's Fine Game: Prevents Swarthmore College From Scoring". The Morning News. November 10, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Swarthmore Wins: The Columbians Eleven Was Simply Outclassed". The Washington Times. November 13, 1898. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "'Rah for Swarthmore - Defeats Columbian University by the score of twenty-two to six". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 13, 1898. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Haverford at Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Times. November 20, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.