1898 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1898
| team = West Virginia Mountaineers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 6–1
| head_coach = Harry Anderson
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Lewis Yeager
| stadium =
}}
{{1898 Southern college football independents records}}
The 1898 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Harry Anderson, the Mountaineers compiled a 6–1 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 64 to 23. The team's only loss was to the Pittsburgh Athletic Club by an 18–0 score.{{cite web|title=2017 West Virginia Football Media Guide|year=2017|publisher=West Virginia University|pages=169, 175|url=https://issuu.com/wvusportspub/docs/2017_wvu_football_guide}} Lewis Yeager was the team captain.2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|October 7||{{cfb link|year=1898|team=Westminster Titans|title=Westminster (PA)}}||Morgantown, WV|W 24-0|
|October 15|at|{{cfb link|year=1898|team=Marietta Pioneers|title=Marietta}}||Marietta, OH|W 6-5|
|October 27|at|Pittsburgh Athletic Club|PAC Park|Pittsburgh, PA|L 0-18|{{cite news|newspaper=Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette|date=October 28, 1898|page=6|title=Victory for P. A. C.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121928759/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 29|vs|Marietta||Clarksburg, WV|W 6-0|
|November 4|vs|Western University of Pennsylvania||Fairmont, WV (rivalry)|W 6-0|{{cite news|title=West Virginia Won.|newspaper=The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer|date=November 5, 1898|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43714302/west_virginia_won/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 14|vs|Virginia||Charleston, WV|W 6-0|
|November 16|vs|Ohio||Parkersburg, WV|W 16-0|
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