1898 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
Home stadiumWhittier 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
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 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled a 9–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 152 to 64. Jacob K. Shell was the head coach.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Swarthmore alumniSwarthmore, PAW 6–0[2]
October 1at Delaware
W 22–0[3]
October 8Rutgers
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 6–0[4]
October 12at GeorgetownWashington, DCW 11–0
October 19Ursinus
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 29–0[5]
October 22at BucknellLewisburg, PAL 18–34[6]
November 2Pennsylvania Military
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 22–0[7]
November 5Franklin & MarshallSwarthmore, PAW 10–6[8]
November 9DelawareSwarthmore, PAW 6–0[9]
November 12at ColumbianWashington, DCW 22–6[10][11]
November 19Haverford
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
L 0–12[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Swarthmore's First Game: The College Defeats an Alumni Eleven by a Close Score". The Philadelphia Times. September 29, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Swarthmore Wins". The Evening Journal. October 3, 1898. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Close Game at Swarthmore: Rutgers Was Defeated by a Lighter But More Scientific Team". The Philadelphia Times. October 9, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Swarthmore Easily Defeats Ursinus". The Philadelphia Times. October 20, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Swarthmore Is Defeated: Puts Up a Magnificent Game, But Bucknell Is a Bit Too Good". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1898. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Swarthmore Wins Easily: The Quakers Do Not Allow the Chester Cadets to Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 3, 1898. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Kicking the Pigskin". The News-Journal. November 7, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Delaware's Fine Game: Prevents Swarthmore College From Scoring". The Morning News. November 10, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Swarthmore Wins: The Columbians Eleven Was Simply Outclassed". The Washington Times. November 13, 1898. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "'Rah for Swarthmore - Defeats Columbian University by the score of twenty-two to six". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 13, 1898. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Haverford at Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Times. November 20, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
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