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1898 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team

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1898 Kentucky State College Blue and White football
State champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–0 (0–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sewanee 3 0 0 4 0 0
Auburn 2 0 0 2 1 0
LSU 1 0 0 1 0 0
Georgia 3 1 0 4 2 0
Clemson 1 1 0 3 1 0
Tulane 1 1 0 1 1 0
Vanderbilt 1 2 0 1 5 0
Mississippi 0 1 0 1 1 0
Texas 0 1 0 5 1 0
Nashville 0 2 0 0 2 0
Georgia Tech 0 3 0 0 4 0
Kentucky State# 0 0 0 7 0 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 0 0 0 0 0
SW Presbyterian 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # – State champion

The 1898 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—during the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team, known as "the Immortals,"[1] was undefeated, untied, and unscored upon, posted a 7–0 record and outscored its opponents 181 to 0.[2][3][4] The Centre game was stopped by rain after fifteen minutes of play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 1Kentucky University*Lexington, KY (Battle On Broadway)W 18–0
October 8at Georgetown (KY)*Georgetown, KYW 28–0
October 15Co. H. of 8th Massachusetts*Lexington, KYW 59–0
October 29at Louisville A. C.*Louisville, KYW 17–0
November 5Centre*Lexington, KY (rivalry)W 6–0
November 8160th Indiana*Lexington, KYW 17–0
November 19New Castle A. C.*Lexington, KYW 36–0
  • *Non-conference game

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See also

References

  1. ^ Toby Barnhart. Southern Fried Football. p. 113.
  2. ^ Hambleton Tapp. Kentucky:Decades of Discord. p. 113.
  3. ^ William Ellis. A History of Education in Kentucky. p. 35.
  4. ^ Carl B. Cone. The University of Kentucky: A Pictorial History. p. 32.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)