1898 Wesleyan Methodists football team

1898 Wesleyan Methodists football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumAndrus Field
1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
  –   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 Wesleyan Methodists football team represented Wesleyan University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Robert P. Wilson, the Methodists compiled a record of 7–3. Wesleyan played home games at Andrus Field in Middletown, Connecticut.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at Yale
L 0–5[1][2]
October 83:30 p.m.at Army
L 8–271,500[3][4]
October 12Holy Cross
W 12–0[5][6]
October 15AmherstMiddletown, CTW 33–0[7]
October 19at Penn
L 0–173,500[8][9]
October 22at Williams
W 22–0[10][11]
October 26at Amherst
W 28–0[12][13]
October 29at Dartmouth
W 23–5700[14]
November 5Trinity (CT)Middletown, CT (rivalry)W 30–0800[15]
November 123:00 p.m.Rutgers
  • Andrus Field
  • Middletown, CT
W 59–0[16][17]

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References

  1. ^ "Yale's Small Score". The Times (Philadelphia). October 2, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Wesleyan's Good Showing.—Yale Scores Only 5 Points Against Her at New Haven". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 3, 1898. p. 9. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "West Point, 27; Wesleyan, 8". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. October 9, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "West Point Wins From Wesleyan". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 9, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Wesleyan 12, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 13, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Harry Lane's Work". The Morning Record. Meriden, Conn. October 13, 1898. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Football in Football Blast". Brooklyn Citizen. Brooklyn, New York. October 16, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Penn Plays An Erratic Game—Wesleyan Shows A Strong Defense And Fair Offense". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Penn Plays Better—Defeats Wesleyan in an Interesting Game by the Score of 17 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Wesleyan 22, Williams 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 23, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Williams Walloped. Wesleyan Was Too Much For The Bay State College Team—Score Was 22 To 0". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. Buffalo, New York. October 23, 1898. p. 21. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "On Football Field.—Wesleyan Defeats Amherst 28 to 0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 27, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Wesleyan 29, Amherst 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 27, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Wesleyan 23, Dartmouth 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 30, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Wesleyan Won Again.—Scored 30 Points, While Trinity Got None". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 7, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Middletown.—Rutgers To-Day—Superior Court—Local News". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 12, 1898. p. 13. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Wesleyan Toys With Rutgers—Runs Up a Score of 59 to 0 With Ease". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 14, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "1898 Wesleyan (CT) Cardinals Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
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