1898 Pittsburgh College football team

1898 Pittsburgh College football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4–1
Head coach	James Van Cleve (1st season)

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 Pittsburgh College football team was an American football team that represented Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost—now known as Duquesne University—during the 1898 college football season. James Van Cleve served in his first and only season as the team's head coach.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	Geneva	?	W 23–5
	Pittsburgh Athletic Club	Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0
	Swissvale Athletic Club		W 17–0
	Duquesne Athletic Club	Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–16
	Latrobe Athletic Club	?	L 0–17
	Steubenville Acme Club	?	W 16–0
November 2	Greensburg Athletic Association	?	L 0–11
	Latrobe Athletic Club	?	L 6–22
	Homestead Athletic Club	?	W 28–5
	Wheeling Athletic Club	?	W 11–0