1898 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1898 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Western Conference
1898 record 3–3 (0–1 Western)
Head coach Alpha Jamison (1st season)
Captain R. L. Spears
1898 Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

The 1898 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1898 Western Conference football season. The Boilermakers compiled a 3–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 37 to 33 in their first season under head coach Alpha Jamison. R. L. Spears was the team captain.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8Purdue alumni*L 0–6
October 18at Haskell*
W 5–0[3]
October 22Haskell*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 15–0[4]
November 5at Chicago L 0–171,000[5]
November 12Indiana *
W 14–0[6]
November 24Oberlin*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 0–10[7]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1898 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  2. "2016 Boilermaker Football Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue University. 2016. p. 87.
  3. "Indians Play Well: The Game With Purdue Won by That School by a Small Margin". Lawrence Daily Journal. October 19, 1898. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Outplayed by Purdue: Haskell Indians Get Another Whitewashing from Their Old Rivals". The Inter Ocean. October 23, 1898. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Chicago's Work Ragged: Defeats Purdue in a Miserable Exhibition of Football". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 1898. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Purdue Wins from Indiana". Chicago Tribune. November 13, 1898. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Oberlin Is Too Strong: Purdue's Line Falls Before the Experienced Men from Ohio". The Inter Ocean. November 25, 1898. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.