1898 Auburn Tigers football team

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1898 Auburn Tigers football
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Coach John Heisman is in the second row in the middle wearing glasses.
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–1 (2–0 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge N. Mitcham
Seasons
  1897
1899  
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee 3 0 04 0 0
Auburn 2 0 02 1 0
LSU 1 0 01 0 0
Georgia 3 1 04 2 0
Clemson 1 1 03 1 0
Tulane 1 1 01 1 0
Vanderbilt 1 2 01 5 0
Mississippi 0 1 01 1 0
Texas 0 1 05 1 0
Nashville 0 2 00 2 0
Georgia Tech 0 3 00 4 0
Kentucky State# 0 0 07 0 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 0 00 0 0
SW Presbyterian 0 0 00 0 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • # State champion

The 1898 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' seventh season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach John Heisman, in his fourth year, and finished with a record of two wins and one loss (2–1 overall, 2–1 in the SIAA).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 5 Georgia Tech
W 29–4 [1] [2]
November 14 North Carolina
  • Drill Field
  • Auburn, AL
L 0–24 [3] [4]
November 24vs. Georgia W 18–17 [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Auburn defeats the Techs". The Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Auburn wins". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 6, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Auburn, too, goes down to Tar men". The Atlanta Journal. November 15, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Auburn eleven fails to score". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 15, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Auburn pluck too much for Georgia". The Times-Democrat. November 25, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Auburn's fast team too much for Georgia and the captain of that team laid down and took his men off the field". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 25, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 182. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  8. "1898 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2012.