1898 Lincoln Tigers football team

1898 Lincoln Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0 (2 played)
Head coach
  • G. F. Smith (1st season)
CaptainOscar Spencer
Home stadiumCottage Place Park
1898 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington University     6 0 0
Detroit College     5 0 0
Carthage     3 0 0
    1 0 0
Iowa State Normal     4 0 1
Washburn     4 0 1
Kansas     7 1 0
Cincinnati     6 1 2
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 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
Ohio     1 3 0
Haskell     2 7 0
Missouri     1 4 1
Wittenberg     1 5 1
Fairmount     0 1 0
College of Emporia     0 2 0

The 1898 Lincoln Tigers football team represented Lincoln Institute—now known as Lincoln University—in Jefferson City, Missouri as an independent during the 1898 college football season. This was one of the first years that Lincoln fielded a football team. The Tigers of Lincoln played two games during the season, against Garrison High School, and George R. Smith College.[1] Lincoln's rivalry with George R. Smith lasted until 1925, when the latter college burned down.[2] The first coach of Lincoln's team was professor G. F. Smith, while the first captain was Oscar Spencer.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
November 5at Garrison High SchoolBooneville, MO [3]
December 33:00 p.m.George R. Smith
W 10–0[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Signing Their Commissions". Sedalia Evening Sentinel. December 2, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
  2. ^ "George R. Smith College Sedalia, Missouri 1888-1925". Lost Colleges.
  3. ^ "Personal and Local". Jefferson City Courier. November 4, 1898. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Going to Jefferson City". Sedalia Evening Sentinel. December 1, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
  5. ^ "Lincoln Institute vs. Sedalia". The Daily Tribune. Jefferson City, Missouri. December 3, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved October 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
  6. ^ "Lincoln Institute Victorious". The Daily Tribune. Jefferson City, Missouri. December 4, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved October 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .