1898 college football season

The 1898 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Princeton as having been selected national champions.

1898 college football season
Yale vs. Princeton in 1898
Champion(s)	Harvard Princeton
football seasons

Conference standings

Major conference standings

1898 Colorado Football Association standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Colorado Mines $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0 Colorado College 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 1 Colorado 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Sewanee 3 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 0 Auburn 2 – 0 – 0 2 – 1 – 0 LSU 1 – 0 – 0 1 – 0 – 0 Georgia 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0 Clemson 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 1 – 0 Tulane 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 Vanderbilt 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 5 – 0 Mississippi 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 Texas 0 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0 Nashville 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 2 – 0 Georgia Tech 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 4 – 0 Kentucky State# 0 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0 Cumberland (TN) 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0 SW Presbyterian 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0 $ – Conference champion # – State champion	1898 Triangular Football League standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Dartmouth $ 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 6 – 0 Amherst 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 1 Williams 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1898 Western Conference football standings Conf Overall 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 $ – Conference champion

Independents

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 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	1898 Midwestern college football independents records Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Washington University   –   6 – 0 – 0 Detroit College   –   5 – 0 – 0 Carthage   –   3 – 0 – 0 Lincoln (MO)   –   1 – 0 – 0 Iowa State Normal   –   4 – 0 – 1 Washburn   –   4 – 0 – 1 Kansas   –   7 – 1 – 0 Cincinnati   –   5 – 1 – 3 Indiana   –   4 – 1 – 2 Nebraska   –   8 – 3 – 0 Drake   –   4 – 2 – 0 Lake Forest   –   2 – 1 – 0 Notre Dame   –   4 – 2 – 0 Western Reserve   –   5 – 3 – 0 Butler   –   2 – 1 – 1 Heidelberg   –   4 – 3 – 0 Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 3 – 0 Iowa State   –   3 – 2 – 0 Kansas State   –   1 – 1 – 2 Miami (OH)   –   1 – 1 – 0 South Dakota Agricultural   –   1 – 1 – 1 DePauw   –   3 – 4 – 2 Iowa   –   3 – 4 – 2 Ohio   –   1 – 2 – 1 Ohio State   –   3 – 5 – 0 Baldwin–Wallace   –   2 – 4 – 0 Central Michigan   –   1 – 2 – 0 Indiana State Normal   –   1 – 2 – 0 North Dakota Agricultural   –   1 – 2 – 0 Wabash   –   2 – 5 – 1 Ohio Wesleyan   –   2 – 5 – 0 Haskell   –   2 – 7 – 0 Missouri   –   1 – 4 – 1 Wittenberg   –   1 – 5 – 1 Fairmount   –   0 – 1 – 0 College of Emporia   –   0 – 2 – 0	1898 Southern college football independents records Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T North Carolina   –   9 – 0 – 0 Central (KY)   –   3 – 0 – 1 Oklahoma   –   2 – 0 – 0 Navy   –   7 – 1 – 0 West Virginia   –   6 – 1 – 0 Marshall   –   4 – 1 – 0 Georgetown   –   7 – 3 – 0 Texas A&M   –   4 – 2 – 0 VMI   –   4 – 2 – 0 Arkansas Industrial   –   2 – 1 – 0 Centre   –   2 – 1 – 2 VPI   –   3 – 2 – 0 Virginia   –   6 – 5 – 0 Richmond   –   3 – 3 – 1 Davidson   –   1 – 1 – 0 William & Mary   –   1 – 1 – 0 South Carolina   –   1 – 2 – 0 Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 2 Columbian   –   3 – 6 – 0 North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 2 – 0 Add-Ran   –   1 – 3 – 1 Maryland   –   2 – 6 – 1 Guilford   –   0 – 3 – 0
1898 Far West college football independents records Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T California   –   8 – 0 – 2 Nevada State   –   4 – 1 – 0 USC   –   5 – 1 – 1 Gonzaga   –   1 – 0 – 1 Oregon   –   3 – 1 – 0 New Mexico A&M   –   2 – 1 – 0 Utah   –   2 – 1 – 0 Stanford   –   5 – 3 – 1 Montana   –   3 – 2 – 0 Saint Mary's   –   3 – 2 – 0 Denver   –   6 – 4 – 1 Washington   –   1 – 1 – 0 Oregon Agricultural   –   1 – 2 – 1 Washington Agricultural   –   0 – 0 – 1 Utah Agricultural   –   0 – 1 – 0 Montana Agricultural   –   0 – 2 – 0 Pacific (CA)   –   0 – 0 – 2 Wyoming   –   0 – 4 – 0

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kalamazoo	5–0

See also

• 1898 College Football All-America Team