1898 NYU Violets football team

1898 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	1–3
Head coach	Frank H. Cann (1st season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field
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
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					9	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Western Penn.			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					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
Geneva			–					1	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					1	–	9	–	0

The 1898 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their only year under head coach Frank H. Cann, the team compiled a 1–3 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 8	Lehigh	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 10–0	200	[1]
October 15	Rutgers	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 5–11		[2]
October 20	at Stevens	St. George's Cricket Grounds Hoboken, NJ	L 0–40		[3]
October 26	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	Canceled-rain		[4]
October 29	Swarthmore	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	Canceled		[5]
November 5	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	L 0–17		[6]

References

1. "N.Y.U. 10, Lehigh 0". The Sun. October 9, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Rutgers beats New York University". The New York Times. October 16, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Football notes". The New York Times. October 21, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Games postponed". New Haven Morning Journal and Courirer. October 27, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Swarthmore and Penn freshmen". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "New York University loses". The New York Times. November 6, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.