1898 Carlisle Indians football team

The 1898 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1898 college football season. Led by John A. Hall in his first only season as head coach, the Indians compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 203 to 99.[1]

1898 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
1898 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Key players included Frank Cayou, Frank Hudson, Bemus Pierce, Hawley Pierce, and Eddie Rogers. Hudson was selected by Outing magazine as the first-team quarterback on its 1898 All-America college football team.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Bloomsburg NormalCarlisle, PAW 43–0[3]
October 1SusquehannaCarlisle, PAW 48–01,000[4]
October 8at Cornell
L 6–23[5]
October 15vs. Williams
W 17–63,000[6]
October 22at Yale
L 5–182,500[7]
October 29at Harvard
L 5–11[8]
November 5DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 46–03,000[9]
November 12at Penn
L 5–35[10]
November 19vs. Illinois
W 11–02,000[11][12]
DartmouthCarlisle, PAW 17–6

References
  1. "1898 Carlisle Indians Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  2. "Football" (PDF). The Outing Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  3. "Indians Played Well: Hudson Kicked Two Goals From the Field". The Philadelphia Times. September 25, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Indians Played a Strong Game". The Philadelphia Times. October 2, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Cornell Beat Indians: It Was a Fierce Game at Ithaca, and Whiting's Work was Sensational". Buffalo Courier. October 9, 1898. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Carlisle 17, Williams 6: O'Neill Gets Ball on a Fumble of Metoxen and Runs the Length of the Field for a Touchdown". The Boston Globe. October 16, 1898. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Indians Score At Yale: Hudson Drops a Wonderful Goal From The 45-Yard Line". The Boston Globe. October 23, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "From 20-Yard Line Indian Quarterback Drops Goal From the Field". The Boston Globe. October 30, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Indians Toyed With Dickinson". The Philadelphia Times. November 6, 1898. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Indians Snowed Under By Penn's Fine Play". The Philadelphia Times. November 13, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Red Men Easy Winners: Carlisle Tribe Outplays Illinois at Coliseum Field". Chicago Tribune. November 20, 1898. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "How The Game Was Played". Champaign Daily News. Champaign, Illinois. November 21, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved September 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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