1898 Army Cadets football team

The 1898 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1898 college football season. In their second season under head coach Herman Koehler, the Cadets compiled a 3–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 90 to 51.[1] The Cadets' two losses came against undefeated co-national champion Harvard and Yale. The Army–Navy Game was not played in 1898.[2]

1898 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
1898 record3–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumThe Plain
1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Syracuse      8 2 1
Yale      9 2 0
Wesleyan      7 3 0
Western Penn.      5 2 1
Brown      6 4 0
Carlisle      6 4 0
Penn State      6 4 0
Army      3 2 1
Pittsburgh College      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
Geneva      1 4 1
NYU      1 3 0
Rutgers      1 6 1
Tufts      1 9 0

Four Army Cadets were honored on the 1898 College Football All-America Team. Fullback Charles Romeyn was a consensus first-team All-American, receiving first-team honors from Caspar Whitney and the New York Sun. Quarterback Leon Kromer, tackle Robert Foy, and end Walter Smith were recognized as third-team All-Americans by Walter Camp.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 1TuftsW 40–0
October 8Wesleyan
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 27–8
October 15Harvard
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–28
October 22Lehigh
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 18–0
October 29Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–10
November 5Princeton
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
T 5–5

References

  1. "Army Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. "1898 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.


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