1898 NYU Violets football team

The 1898 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their only year under head coach Frank H. Cann, the team compiled a 1–3 record.

1898 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
1898 record1–3
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
1898 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Army    3 2 1
Vermont    3 2 1
Holy Cross    5 4 1
Pittsburgh College    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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8LehighW 10–0200[1]
October 15Rutgers
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 5–11[2]
October 20at Stevens
L 0–40[3]
October 26at Rutgers
Canceled-rain [4]
October 29Swarthmore
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
Canceled [5]
November 5at SyracuseSyracuse, NYL 0–17[6]

References

  1. "N.Y.U. 10, Lehigh 0". The Sun. October 9, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Rutgers beats New York University". The New York Times. October 16, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Football notes". The New York Times. October 21, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Games postponed". New Haven Morning Journal and Courirer. October 27, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Swarthmore and Penn freshmen". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "New York University loses". The New York Times. November 6, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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