1898 Lehigh football team

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]

1898 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard  1100
Drexel  700
Princeton  1101
Penn  1210
Buffalo  810
Cornell  1020
Swarthmore  920
Washington & Jefferson  920
Yale  920
Dickinson  820
Syracuse  821
Wesleyan  730
Western Penn.  521
Brown  640
Carlisle  640
Penn State  640
Pittsburgh College  641
Army  321
Vermont  321
Holy Cross  541
Bucknell  443
Fordham  112
Frankin & Marshall  442
New Hampshire  440
Amherst  451
Villanova  241
Lehigh  361
Boston College  251
Colgate  251
Temple  250
Lafayette  380
NYU  130
Rutgers  161
Tufts  190
Geneva  061

Schedule

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

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