1898 Pittsburgh College football team

1898 Pittsburgh College football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4–1
Head coach	John Van Cleve (1st season)
Captain	James Burns[1]

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 Pittsburgh College football team was an American football team that represented Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost—now known as Duquesne University—during the 1898 college football season. John Van Cleve served in his first and only season as the team's head coach.[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	3:00 p.m.	Geneva	Pittsburgh College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	W 23–5	[3][4]
October 8	3:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh Athletic Club	P.A.C. Park Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0	[5]
October 12		Latrobe Athletic Association	Pittsburgh College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–17	[6]
October 15		Swissvale Athletic Club	Pittsburgh College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	W 17–0	[7]
October 22		at Duquesne Country and Athletic Club	Exposition Park Allegheny, PA	L 0–16	[8]
October 29		at Steubenville Acme Club	Steubenville, OH	W 16–0	[9]
November 2		Greensburg Athletic Association	Pittsburgh College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–11	[10][11]
November 8		at Latrobe Athletic Association	Latrobe, Pennsylvania	L 6–22	[12]
November 16		Homestead Athletic Club	Pittsburgh College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	W 28–5	[13]
November 19		at Homestead Athletic Club	Homestead, PA	W 10–0	[14][15]
November 24		Wheeling Athletic Club	Wheeling, WV	W 11–0	[16]
All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "Athletics ... Junior Boarders". Holy Ghost College Bulletin. 5 (3): 17, 22. December 1898.
2. "2005 Duquesne Dukes Football MG". Duquesne University. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
3. "Has A Strong Team". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 29, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Made A Good Start". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 2, 1898. p. 16. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Neither Side Scored". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 9, 1898. p. 14. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Latrobe Won the Game". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. October 13, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Swissvale Was Plucky". The Pittsburg Press. October 16, 1898. p. 14 – via Google News Archive.
8. "Kept the Score Down". The Pittsburg Press. October 23, 1898. p. 14 – via Google News Archive.
9. "Won a Practice Game". The Pittsburg Press. October 30, 1898. p. 15 – via Google News Archive.
10. "Foot Ball". The Pittsburg Press. November 3, 1898. p. 5 – via Google News Archive.
11. "Played Fine Ball". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. November 3, 1898. p. 6 – via Google News Archive.
12. "Scored on Latrobe". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. November 9, 1898. p. 6 – via Google News Archive.
13. "Kicked a Field Goal". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. November 17, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "College Plays in Mud". The Pittsburg Press. November 20, 1898. p. 14 – via Google News Archive.
15. "Want To Get Even". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. November 19, 1898. p. 6 – via Google News Archive.
16. "Won at Wheeling". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. November 25, 1898. p. 6 – via Google News Archive.
17. "Duquesne Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2017.