1898 Colgate football team

1898 Colgate Raiders football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	2–5–1
Head coach	Charles B. Mason

The 1898 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1898 college football season. Colgate reports the record for the season as 2-5, however, a reporting error in early record keeping failed to account for a 6-6 tie with Hamilton on October 1.^[1][2][3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	at Cornell*	Ithaca, NY	L 5–29[4]
October 1	at Hamilton*	Clinton, NY	T 6–6[2][3]
October 19	at Williams*	Williamstown, MA	L 0–5[5]
October 29	St. John's Academy*	Hamilton, NY	W 6–0[6]
November 7	at Hobart*	Geneva, NY	W 12–5[7]
November 8	at Buffalo*	Buffalo, NY	L 0–23[8]
November 12	Union*	Hamilton, NY	L 0–11[9]
November 24	vs. Hamilton*	Utica, NY	L 0–5[10]	800[10]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

References

1. http://gocolgateraiders.com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2012/11/28/Year-by-Year_Results.pdf?id=2765
2. "Madisonensis: Colgate vs Hamilton".
3. "Colgate and Hamilton Play a Tie Game at Clinton" (PDF).
4. "Madisonensis: Colgate Scores Against Cornell".
5. "Madisonensis: Williams 5, Colgate 0".
6. "Madisonensis: St. Johns 0, Colgate 6".
7. "Madisonensis: Hobart 5, Colgate 12".
8. "Madisonensis: Buffalo 23, Colgate 0".
9. "Madisonensis: Union 11, Colgate 0".
10. "Madisonensis: Hamilton 5, Colgate 0".