1898 Ursinus football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1898
| team = Ursinus
| sport = football
| image =
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| caption =
| conference = Independent
| record = 7–2–1
| head_coach = Harry Off
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain =
| stadium =
}}
{{1898 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1898 Ursinus football team was an American football team that represented Ursinus College during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 214 to 46.{{cite web|title=1898 - Ursinus (PA) |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |accessdate=September 17, 2021 |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=3306&year=1898|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911082204/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=3306&year=1898 |archive-date=2015-09-11 }} Harry Off was the head coach.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|October 1||Norristown Y.M.C.A.||Collegeville, PA|W 50-0|{{cite news|title=Ursinus and Norristown Y.M.C.A.|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 2, 1898|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85524412/ursinus-and-norristown-ymca/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 4|at|{{cfb link|year=1898|team=Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen|title=Lebanon Valley}}||Lebanon, PA|W 6-0|
|October 8||Norristown||Collegeville, PA|W 31-0|{{cite news|title=Ursinus' Third Victory|newspaper=The Philadelphia Times|date=October 9, 1898|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85524764/ursinus-third-victory/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 15||Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf||Collegeville, PA|W 40-6|{{cite news|title=Ursinus Makes Big Score|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 16, 1898|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85524503/ursinus-makes-big-score/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 19|at|Swarthmore|Whittier Field|Swarthmore, PA|L 0-29|{{cite news|title=Swarthmore Easily Defeats Ursinus|newspaper=The Philadelphia Times|date=October 20, 1898|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85348017/swarthmore-easily-defeats-ursinus/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 22|at|Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA||Philadelphia, PA|L 0-1 (forfeit)|
|October 26||Lebanon Valley||Collegeville, PA|W 25-0|{{cite news|title=Ursinus Won on a Muddy Field|newspaper=The Philadelphia Times|date=October 27, 1898|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85525108/ursinus-won-on-a-muddy-field/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 29||Delaware||Collegeville, PA|W 46-0|
|November 5|at|{{cfb link|year=1898|team=Haverford|title=Haverford}}||Haverford, PA|W 6-0|{{cite news|title=Ursinus Defeats Haverford|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 6, 1898|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85524963/ursinus-defeats-haverford/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 16|vs|{{cfb link|year=1898|team=Franklin & Marshall|title=Franklin & Marshall}}||Norristown, PA|T 10-10|{{cite news|title=F. and M. and Ursinus Tie|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 17, 1898|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85524633/f-and-m-and-ursinus-tie/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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