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1898 Vermont Green and Gold football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumAthletic Park
Seasons← 18971899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
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 Vermont Green and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first year under head coach D. M. McLaughlin, the team compiled a 3–2–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8Rutland InstituteT 5–5
October 17Montpelier Seminary
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
W 23–0
October 22Dartmouth
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
L 6–45
November 2Montpelier Seminary
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
W 11–0
November 5vs. Ogdensburg Athletic AssociationW 10–5
November 12at Holy CrossL 5–17

References

  1. "Played a tied game, football contest between U.V.M. and a Rutland team". The Burlington Free Press & Times. October 10, 1898. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "City briefs". Montpelier Evening Argus. October 18, 1898. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Dartmouth 45, Uni. of VT. 6". The Boston Globe. October 23, 1898. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "City briefs". Montpelier Evening Argus. November 3, 1898. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Victorious, Vermont defeats Ogdensburg at foot ball by a score of 10 to 5". The Burlington Free Press & Times. November 7, 1898. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Holy Cross 17, U. of V. 5". [The Boston Sunday Globe. November 13, 1898. p. 21. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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