1898 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1898 Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football team 1898.png 285 Independent 11–0 William Cameron Forbes 2nd Soldiers' Field National champion (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, NCF) The 1898 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their second year under head coach William Cameron Forbes, the Crimson compiled an 11–0 record, shut out seven of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 257 to 19.1898 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1898-schedule.html There was no contemporaneous system in 1898 for determining a national champion. However, Harvard was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation. Princeton, which finished the 1898 season 11–0–1, was named champion by one selector, Parke H. Davis.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records The National Collegiate Athletic Association July 2020 Indianapolis January 12, 2021 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032438/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf live 112–114 Three Harvard players were consensus first-team selections on the 1898 All-American football team: quarterback Charles Dudley Daly; halfback Benjamin Dibblee; and end John Hallowell.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Other notable players included fullback Bill Reid; tackles Percy Haughton and Malcolm Donald; guard Walter Boal; halfback Leicester Warren; center Percy Malcolm Jaffrey; and end Francis Douglas Cochran. Haughton and Daly were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.Percy Haughton National Football Foundation March 26, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1276Charles Daly National Football Foundation March 26, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1228 Schedule October 1 3:00 p.m. w Williams Soldiers' Field Boston, MA 11–0 1,000 Games All Around https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97504686/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 1, 1898 4 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com Small Scores https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97504562/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 2, 1898 1–2 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com October 5 4:00 p.m. w 1898 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoin Soldiers' Field Boston, MA 28–6 200 Score On Harvard https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97505193/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 6, 1898 5 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com Harvard Braces: Fast Work in Spite of Warm Weather The Boston Globe October 5, 1898 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98474487/harvard-braces-fast-work-in-spite-of/ Newspapers.com October 8 3:00 p.m. w Dartmouth Soldiers' Field Boston, MA rivalry 21–0 Day of Football: Harvard vs Dartmouth on Soldiers Field The Boston Globe October 8, 1898 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98474690/day-of-football-harvard-vs-dartouth-on/ Newspapers.com Hard, Fast Game https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97504895/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 9, 1898 2 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com October 12 4:00 p.m. w Amherst Soldiers' Field Boston, MA 53–2 Getting Faster https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97505302/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 12, 1898 3 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com Harvard Piles Up Points, But Has to Make a Safety https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97505485/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 13, 1898 4 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com October 15 w y Army The Plain West Point, NY 28–0 Fierce Rushes: West Point Line Unable to Withstand The Harvard Onslaught The Boston Globe October 16, 1898 1, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98474070/fierce-rushes-west-point-line-unable/ Newspapers.com October 19 w Newtowne Athletic Association Soldiers' Field Boston, MA 22–0 Wet Gridirons: Harvard Scores 22 Points Against Newtowne A.A. The Boston Globe October 20, 1898 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98473747/wet-gridirons-harvard-scores-22-points/ Newspapers.com October 22 w Chicago Athletic Association Soldiers' Field Boston, MA 39–0 2,000 Dashing Play: Harvard Sets Too Fast a Pace For Chicago A.A. The Boston Globe October 23, 1898 1, 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98473465/dashing-play-harvard-sets-too-fast-a/ Newspapers.com October 29 w Carlisle Soldiers' Field Boston, MA 11–5 From 20-Yard Line Indian Quarterback Drops Goal From the Field The Boston Globe October 30, 1898 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51995212/from-20-yard-line-indian-quarterback/ Newspapers.com November 5 w Penn Soldiers' Field Boston, MA rivalry 10–0 Harvard Wins! Ten Points Scored by Crimson and None by Pennsylvania The Boston Post November 6, 1898 1, 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98473248/harvard-wins-ten-points-scored-by/ Newspapers.com November 12 3:00 p.m. w Brown Soldiers' Field Boston, MA 17–6 Game At 3 O'clock Today https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97502440/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 12, 1898 5 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com Harvard Weak https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97502598/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 13, 1898 24 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com November 19 w y Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 17–0 17,500 Harvard Supreme: Yale Lowers Her Colors to the Invincible Crimson Eleven The Boston Globe November 20, 1898 1, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98472985/harvard-supreme-yale-lowers-her-colors/ Newspapers.comHarvard Is The Victor The New York Times November 20, 1898 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16358976/harvard_is_the_victor/ Newspapers.com References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:Long stubs with short prose