1898 Missouri Tigers football team

The 1898 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as an independent during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled a 1–4–1 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 98 to 33. Dave Fultz was the head coach for the first of two seasons.[1] The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.

1898 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4–1
Head coach
CaptainThomas P. Howard
Home stadiumRollins Field
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

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Wentworth MilitaryT 0–0
October 8at Kansas City MedicsKansas City, MOL 0–16
October 17at Kansas City MedicsKansas City, MOW 15–5
October 24Nebraska
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
L 6–47
October 293:15 p.m.at Washington UniversityL 12–181,000[2][3][4]
November 242:00 p.m.vs. Kansas
L 0–122,000[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Bland's Warriors Are Ready". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 29, 1898. p. 7. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "Washington's Warriors Won". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 30, 1898. p. 15. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Rah! Rah! Rah! For 'Varsity". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. October 30, 1898. p. 10. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "To-day's Big Game". The Kansas City Journal. Kansas City, Missouri. November 24, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved July 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Kansas, 12; Missouri, 0". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. November 25, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved July 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .