1898 Western Reserve football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainRoland T. Meacham
1898 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 Western Reserve football team represented Western Reserve University—known as Case Western Reserve University—in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1898 college football season. Led by David C. MacAndrew in his first season as head coach, Western Reserve compiled a record of 5–3 and outscore opponents by a total of 130 to 43.[1] The team captain was Roland T. Meacham.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8Baldwin–WallaceCleveland, OHW 6–0
October 15at MichiganL 0–18[2]
October 22Ohio WesleyanCleveland, OHW 29–0
October 29Ohio StateCleveland, OHW 49–0[3]
November 11OberlinCleveland, OHL 0-11
November 12Washington & JeffersonCleveland, OHL 6–8[4]
November 19at KenyonGambier, OhioW 6–5
November 24Case
W 29–0

References

  1. https://case.edu/its/archives/Seasons/wfoot1898.htm
  2. "College Football: Michigan 'Varsity Eleven Had No Picnic With Adelbert; Failures on Place-Kick Tries Kept the Score Down to 18". Detroit Free Press. October 16, 1898. p. 6.
  3. "W. R. U 49--O. S. U. 0". The Adelbert. Cleveland, Ohio. November 1, 1898. pp. 43–44 Open access icon.
  4. "Scored Against W. & J." The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 13, 1898. p. 14. Retrieved September 28, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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