1898 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team

The 1898 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—during the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team, known as "the Immortals,"[1] was undefeated, untied, and unscored upon, posted a 70 record and outscored its opponents 181 to 0.[2][3][4] The Centre game was stopped by rain after fifteen minutes of play.

1898 Kentucky State College Blue and White football
State champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1898 record7–0 (0–0 SIAA)
Head coach
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Sewanee $ 3 0 0  4 0 0
Auburn 2 0 0  2 1 0
LSU 1 0 0  1 0 0
Georgia 3 1 0  4 2 0
Clemson 1 1 0  3 1 0
Tulane 1 1 0  1 1 0
Kentucky State# 0 0 0  7 0 0
Vanderbilt 1 2 0  1 5 0
Texas 0 1 0  5 1 0
Ole Miss 0 1 0  1 1 0
Nashville 0 2 0  0 2 0
Georgia Tech 0 3 0  0 3 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 0 0  0 0 0
SW Presbyterian 0 0 0  0 0 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • # State champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 1Kentucky University*Lexington, KY (Battle On Broadway)W 18–0
October 8at Georgetown (KY)*Georgetown, KYW 28–0
October 15Co. H. of 8th Massachusetts*Lexington, KYW 59–0
October 29at Louisville A. C.*Louisville, KYW 17–0
November 5Centre*Lexington, KY (rivalry)W 6–0
November 8160th Indiana*Lexington, KYW 17–0
November 19New Castle A. C.*Lexington, KYW 36–0
  • *Non-conference game

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See also

References

  1. Toby Barnhart (August 2008). Southern Fried Football. p. 113. ISBN 9781623684884.
  2. Hambleton Tapp (1977). Kentucky:Decades of Discord. p. 113. ISBN 0916968057.
  3. William Ellis (June 2011). A History of Education in Kentucky. p. 35. ISBN 978-0813129846.
  4. Carl B. Cone (1989). The University of Kentucky: A Pictorial History. p. 32. ISBN 0813116961.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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