The 1898 Dartmouth football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1898 college football season.[1]
| 1898 Dartmouth football | |
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TFL champion | |
| Conference | Triangular Football League |
| Record | 5–6 (2–0 TFL) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Fred Crolius |
| Home stadium | Alumni Oval |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Despite finishing with a losing record, the 1898 Dartmouth team was regarded by some eastern sportswriters, most notably Outing, to be the best fielded by head coach William Wurtenburg.[2] Against an expanded schedule, the squad went only 5–6, but managed to outscore their opponents by a total of 205–137. The year began with a defeat of regular opponent Phillips Exeter Academy, and was followed by a shutout loss to Harvard. After two consecutive wins over nearby schools, Dartmouth lost to former Triangular Football League opponent Wesleyan, 23–5.[3] The following two contests were against Triangular Football League opponents Amherst and Williams. The latter game was regarded as Dartmouth's most significant game of the season by eastern sportswriters, since Williams had hired two new coaches and expanded practices in order to win the conference in 1898. Dartmouth outdid Williams, however, and defeated them 10–6 to claim a sixth straight conference championship.[2] The season ended on a sour note with four straight losses on the road, two of them coming against Midwestern teams.[3]
Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 1 | Phillips Exeter Academy* | Hanover, NH | W 23–5 | [4] | ||
| October 8 | 3:00 p.m. | at Harvard* | L 0–21 | [5][6] | ||
| October 15 | Bowdoin* | Hanover, NH | W 35–6 | [7] | ||
| October 22 | at Vermont* |
| W 45–6 | [8] | ||
| October 29 | Wesleyan* |
| L 5–23 | 700 | [9] | |
| November 5 | at Amherst | W 64–6 | 1,000 | [10] | ||
| November 12 | at Williams | Williamstown, MA | W 10–6 | 1,000 | [11] | |
| November 21 | at Brown* |
| L 0–12 | 2,000 | [12][13] | |
| November 24 | at Chicago Athletic Association* |
| L 5–18 | [14] | ||
| November 26 | at Cincinnati* | L 12–17 | 1,500 | [15][16] | ||
| Unknown | at Carlisle* | Carlisle, PA | L 6–17 | |||
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References
edit- ^ 1898 Dartmouth College football scores and results Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 4, 2013.
- ^ a b Camp, Walter (November 1898). "Football of 1898: Prospects of the Season". Outing, an Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Recreation. XXXIII (2). Sampson Low, Marston & Company: 189–196. OCLC 228719114.
- ^ a b Staff (2013). "William Wurtenburg coaching record–1898". William C. "Bill" Wurtenburg Records by Year. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
- ^ "Exeter Scores Five Points". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 2, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Day of Football: Harvard vs Dartmouth on Soldiers Field". The Boston Globe. October 8, 1898. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hard, Fast Game". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 9, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Dartmouth, 35; Bowdoin, 6". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 16, 1898. p. 7. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Dartmouth 45, Uni. of VT. 6". The Boston Globe. October 23, 1898. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wesleyan 23, Dartmouth 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 30, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Dartmouth, 64; Amherst, 6". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 16, 1898. p. 7. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Tricollege Champions". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Brown, 12; Dartmouth, 0". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 22, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Brown's Victory". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. November 22, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "C. A. A. Defeats Dartmouth Boys". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 25, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Cincinnati, 17; Dartmouth, 12". Brooklyn Citizen. Brooklyn, New York. November 27, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Cincinnati, 17; Dartmouth, 12". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 27, 1898. p. 14. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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