1898 Northwestern Purple football team
| 1898 Northwestern Purple football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1898 record | 9–4–1 (0–4 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | W. H. Bannard (1st year) |
| Home stadium | Northwestern Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1898 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1898 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach W. H. Bannard, the Purple compiled a 9–4–1 record (0–4 against Western Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Western Conference.[1] The team lost all four of its games against Western Conference opponents (Chicago, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin) by a combined total of 104 to 16.
Schedule
- September 21, 1898: Northwest Division High, Win, 34-0
- September 24, 1898: Englewood High, Win, 22-0
- September 28, 1898: Hyde Park High, Win, 18-0
- October 1, 1898: Dixon, Win, 57-0
- October 8, 1898: Beloit, Win, 17-11
- October 12, 1898: Hahnemann Medical, Win, 22-6
- October 15, 1898: Physicians & Surgeons, Win, 11-2
- October 18, 1898: Chicago A.C., Win, 5-0
- October 22, 1898: at Chicago, Loss, 5-34
- October 29, 1898: Lake Forest, Win, 27-0
- November 5, 1898: Michigan, Loss, 5-6
- November 12, 1898: at Minnesota, Loss, 6-17
- November 19, 1898: Armour, Tie, 0-0
- November 24, 1898: Wisconsin, Loss, 0-47
References
- ↑ "1898 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
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