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1898 Army Cadets football team

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1898 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–1
Head coach
CaptainLeon Kromer
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   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
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

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]

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1TuftsW 40–0
October 8Wesleyan
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 27–8
October 15Harvard
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–28[3]
October 22Lehigh
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 18–0
October 29Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–105,000[4]
November 5Princeton
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
T 5–55,000[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Army Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "1898 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "Fierce Rushes: West Point Line Unable to Withstand The Harvard Onslaught". The Boston Globe. October 16, 1898. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fall In Brilliant Defeat: West Point Beaten By Yale After a Game Struggle". Chicago Tribune. October 30, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Glory for West Point: The Cadets Tackle the Tigers and Quit Even". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 6, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.