1898 Holy Cross football team

1898 Holy Cross football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4–1
Head coach	Maurice Connor (1st season; games 2–10) John Corbett (interim; first game)
Captain	M. J. McDonough
Home stadium	Worcester College Grounds, Worcester Oval
Seasons ←  1897 1899  →

1898 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1898 college football season.

In its first year under head coach Maurice Connor, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record. M. J. McDonough was the team captain. John Corbett served as interim head coach for the season's first game, a win. ^[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at two off-campus fields in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Worcester Oval and the Worcester College Grounds.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 24	at Massachusetts	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	W 23–0	[1]
October 1	at Brown	Lincoln Field Providence, RI	L 0–19	[2] [3]
October 9	Gardner A.C.	Worcester College Grounds Worcester, MA	W 6–1	[1]
October 12	at Wesleyan	Andrus Field Middletown, CT	L 0–12	[4]
October 26	Phillips Andover Academy	Andover, MA	L 0–6	[5]
October 29	Worcester Tech	Worcester Oval Worcester, MA	W 45–6	[1]
November 1	Tufts	Worcester College Grounds Worcester, MA	W 12–0	[1]
November 5	Boston College	Worcester College Grounds Worcester, MA (rivalry)	T 0–0	[6]
November 12	Vermont	Worcester College Grounds Worcester, MA	W 17–5	[7]
November 24	at Boston College	South End Grounds Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–11	[8]

References

1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Brown Begins Well". The Times . Philadelphia, Pa. October 2, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Brown 19, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 2, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Harry Lane's Work". The Morning Record . Meriden, Conn. October 13, 1898. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Andover 6, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Globe . Boston, Mass. October 27, 1898. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Neither Scores: Boston College and Holy Cross Play a Tie". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 6, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Holy Cross 17, U. of V. 5". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 13, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Boston College Victorious; Defeats Holy Cross 11 to 0 in the Presence of a Big Crowd". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 25, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.