1898 Lincoln Tigers football team

The 1898 Lincoln Tigers football team represented Lincoln Institute—now known as Lincoln University—in Jefferson City, Missouri as an independent during the 1898 college football season. This was one of, if not the first year that Lincoln fielded a football team. The Tigers of Lincoln played one game during the season, against the George R. Smith College.[1] Lincoln's rivalry with George R. Smith lasted until 1925, when the latter college burned down.[2]

1898 Lincoln Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
Home stadiumCottage Place Park
Seasons
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
Lincoln (MO)     1 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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
December 33:00 p.m.George R. Smith
W 10–0[3][4][5]
 
Lincoln's 1898 football game vs. George R. Smith, possibly the first in team history

References

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  1. ^ "Signing Their Commissions". Sedalia Evening Sentinel. December 2, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
  2. ^ "George R. Smith College Sedalia, Missouri 1888-1925". Lost Colleges.
  3. ^ "Going to Jefferson City". Sedalia Evening Sentinel. December 1, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
  4. ^ "Lincoln Institute vs. Sedalia". The Daily Tribune. Jefferson City, Missouri. December 3, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved October 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Lincoln Institute Victorious". The Daily Tribune. Jefferson City, Missouri. December 4, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved October 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .