1898 Drake Bulldogs football team

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1898 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
South Dakota Agricultural     1 1 1
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 Normal     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

The 1898 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its second season under head coach A. B. Potter, the team compiled a 4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 102 to 55. It was Drake's first winning season.[1] In the final game of the season, the team defeated Nebraska.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24at GrinnellGrinnell, IAL 10–12
October 8at Monmouth (IL)Monmouth, ILW 34–0
October 15at IowaW 18–5
October 29Iowa StateDes Moines, IAL 16–17[3]
November 5at GrinnellGrinnell, IAW 18–16
November 12at Nebraska
W 6–5[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2015 Drake Football Media Guide". Drake University. p. 99.
  2. ^ a b "Drake Team Wins Out". Nebraska State Journal. November 13, 1898. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ames Defeats Drake". Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha, Nebraska. October 30, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.