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1898 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
Captain Lewis Yeager
Seasons
←  1897
1899 →
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
Add-Ran     1 3 1
Maryland     2 6 1
Guilford     0 3 0

The 1898 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Harry Anderson, the Mountaineers compiled a 6–1 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 64 to 23. The team's only loss was to the Pittsburgh Athletic Club by an 18–0 score. [1] Lewis Yeager was the team captain. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7 Westminster (PA) Morgantown, WVW 24–0
October 15at Marietta Marietta, OHW 6–5
October 27at Pittsburgh Athletic ClubL 0–18 [3]
October 29vs. Marietta Clarksburg, WVW 6–0
November 4vs. Western University of Pennsylvania Fairmont, WV ( rivalry)W 6–0 [4]
November 14vs. Virginia Charleston, WVW 6–0
November 16vs. Ohio Parkersburg, WVW 16–0

References

  1. ^ "2017 West Virginia Football Media Guide". West Virginia University. 2017. pp. 169, 175.
  2. ^ 2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169.
  3. ^ "Victory for P. A. C." Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. October 28, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "West Virginia Won". The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. November 5, 1898. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1898 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
Captain Lewis Yeager
Seasons
←  1897
1899 →
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
Add-Ran     1 3 1
Maryland     2 6 1
Guilford     0 3 0

The 1898 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Harry Anderson, the Mountaineers compiled a 6–1 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 64 to 23. The team's only loss was to the Pittsburgh Athletic Club by an 18–0 score. [1] Lewis Yeager was the team captain. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7 Westminster (PA) Morgantown, WVW 24–0
October 15at Marietta Marietta, OHW 6–5
October 27at Pittsburgh Athletic ClubL 0–18 [3]
October 29vs. Marietta Clarksburg, WVW 6–0
November 4vs. Western University of Pennsylvania Fairmont, WV ( rivalry)W 6–0 [4]
November 14vs. Virginia Charleston, WVW 6–0
November 16vs. Ohio Parkersburg, WVW 16–0

References

  1. ^ "2017 West Virginia Football Media Guide". West Virginia University. 2017. pp. 169, 175.
  2. ^ 2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169.
  3. ^ "Victory for P. A. C." Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. October 28, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "West Virginia Won". The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. November 5, 1898. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.

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