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

	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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28	Swarthmore alumni	Swarthmore, PA	W 6–0
October 1	at Delaware	Front and Union street grounds Wilmington, DE	W 22–0
October 8	Rutgers	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 6–0
October 12	at Georgetown	Washington, DC	W 11–0
October 19	Ursinus	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 29–0
October 22	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	L 18–34
November 2	Pennsylvania Military	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 22–0
November 5	Franklin & Marshall	Swarthmore, PA	W 10–6
November 9	Delaware	Swarthmore, PA	W 6–0
November 12	at Columbian	Washington, DC	W 22–6
November 19	Haverford	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	L 0–12