1898 Pittsburgh College football team

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. John Van Cleve served in his first and only season as the team's head coach.[2]

1898 Pittsburgh College football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4–1
Head coach
CaptainJames Burns[1]
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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13:00 p.m.Geneva
W 23–5[3][4]
October 83:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh Athletic Club
  • P.A.C. Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 0–0[5]
October 12Latrobe Athletic Association
  • Pittsburgh College grounds
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–17[6]
October 15Swissvale Athletic Club
  • Pittsburgh College grounds
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 17–0[7]
October 22at Duquesne Country and Athletic ClubL 0–16[8]
October 29at Steubenville Acme ClubSteubenville, OHW 16–0[9]
November 2Greensburg Athletic Association
  • Pittsburgh College grounds
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–11[10][11]
November 8at Latrobe Athletic AssociationLatrobe, PennsylvaniaL 6–22[12]
November 16Homestead Athletic Club
  • Pittsburgh College grounds
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 28–5[13]
November 19at Homestead Athletic ClubHomestead, PAW 10–0[14][15]
November 24Wheeling Athletic ClubWheeling, WVW 11–0[16]

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