1898 Detroit College Tigers football team

The 1898 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its third season under head coach William S. Robinson, the team compiled a 5–0 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 91 to 12. The team played games against Detroit School for Boys, Irvings, Detroit Alumni, Michigan Military Academy and Mount Clemens High School.[1]

1898 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–0
Head coach
1898 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington University    6 0 0
Detroit College    5 0 0
Carthage    3 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
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    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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
Detroit School for BoysDetroit, MIW 31–0
IrvingsW 5–0
Detroit alumniDetroit, MIW 22–0
November 17at Michigan Military AcademyOrchard Lake, MIW 21–6[2]
November 24at Mount Clemens High SchoolMount Clemens, MIW 12–6[3]

References

  1. "Detroit Yearly Results (1896-1900)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. "Two Players Injured". The Detroit Free Press. November 18, 1898. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "untitled". The Detroit Free Press. November 24, 1898. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
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