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

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3 Wentworth MilitaryT 0–0
October 8at Kansas City Medics Kansas City, MOL 0–16
October 17at Kansas City MedicsKansas City, MOW 15–5
October 24 Nebraska
  • 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

  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 Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Washington's Warriors Won". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 30, 1898. p. 15. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Kansas, 12; Missouri, 0". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. November 25, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved July 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.