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1898 Lehigh football team

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1898 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28RutgersBethlehem, PAW 12–0
October 1at PrincetonL 0–21[2]
October 8at NYUL 0–10200[3]
October 15at PennL 0–40
October 22at ArmyL 0–18
October 29BucknellBethlehem, PAT 0–0
November 5LafayetteBethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 22–0
November 12at NavyL 5–6
November 19Maryland Athletic ClubBethlehem, PAW 5–0
November 24at Lafayette
L 5–11

References

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  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.