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1898 New Hampshire football team

1898 New Hampshire football
Team captain Calderwood at right-center of the front row, holding football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4[a]
Head coach
  • None
CaptainHenry H. Calderwood[1]
Home stadiumCollege grounds, Durham, NH
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
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 New Hampshire football team[b] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[c] during the 1898 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The team finished with a record of 3–5 or 4–4, per 1898 sources or modern sources, respectively.

Schedule

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Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and five points for a field goal.[d] Teams played in the one-platoon system and the forward pass was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.

Date Opponent Site per 1898 sources per modern sources
Result Source Result Source
October 6 at Bates Lewiston, ME L 0–35 [3][4] L 0–35 [5][6]
October 8 at Bowdoin Whittier Field · Brunswick, ME L 0–59 [7][8] L 0–59 [5][6]
October 15 Sanborn Seminary Durham, NH W 81–0 [9] W 81–0 [5][6]
October 22 MIT (underclassmen)[e] Durham, NH W 6–0 [10] W 6–0 [5][6]
November 2 MIT (varsity) Durham, NH L 0–22 [11][12] L 0–22 [5][6]
November 5 at Andover Academy Andover, MA L 0–24 [13] L 0–24 [5][6]
November 12 Portsmouth HS Alumni Durham, NH L 0–6 [14][15] W 11–0 [5][6]
November 16 Saint Anselm Durham, NH W 11–0 [16] W 11–0 [5][6]

The 81 points scored by New Hampshire on October 15 surpass program records of most points scored (70) and greatest margin of victory (66) as listed in the New Hampshire media guide;[17] however, this game was played against a high school team.

The November 2 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and MIT varsity football programs.[18]

The New Hampshire team left the field early in the second half of the November 12 game, due to rough play. The contemporary game recap published in The Portsmouth Herald notes that the referee "awarded it to Portsmouth six to nothing."[14] The score on the field had been 11–0 in favor of New Hampshire at the time the game was abandoned.[14]

Roster

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Name Position Team photo location
Henry H. Calderwood (captain) fullback on floor, second from right (with football)
Guy M. Cleaveland right halfback (sub.) standing rightmost
Irving A. Colby left tackle seated, second from left
J. N. Cook fullback (sub.) standing, second from left
J. S. Dearborn center seated, center
Harry G. Farwell right end on floor, leftmost
George end (sub.) standing, second from right
Fred H. Grover left halfback (sub.) seated, second from right
Willis D. F. Hayden right guard seated, rightmost
J. Norton Hunt left end standing, leftmost
Rutherford B. Lewis quarterback on floor, rightmost
W. H. Twombly right guard standing, center
John E. Wilson left halfback seated, leftmost
Robert M. Wright right halfback on floor, second from left

Source:[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ per the University's media guide; 1898 sources differ
  2. ^ The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[2] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  3. ^ The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  4. ^ Scoring during the 1883–1897 seasons had been 4 points for a touchdown and 2 points for a conversion kick.
  5. ^ Sources differ as to whether the MIT underclassmen team was freshmen[5][6] or sophomores.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "(photo)". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 3. December 1898. p. 40. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Wild E. and Gnarlz". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "N. H. v. Bates". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 2. November 1898. pp. 36–37. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Bates Scores 35 Points". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "New Hampshire Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "N. H. v. Bowdoin". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 2. November 1898. p. 37. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ "Bowdoin 59, New Hampshire 0". The Boston Globe. October 9, 1898. p. 21. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "N. H. v. Sanborn". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 2. November 1898. p. 38. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ a b "N. H. v. M. I. T. '01". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 3. December 1898. p. 57. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ "N. H. v. M. I. T." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 3. December 1898. pp. 57–58. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ "Technology 22, N H College 0". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1898. p. 7. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "N. H. v. P. A." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 3. December 1898. p. 58. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  14. ^ a b c "Not Good Foot Ball". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 14, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved April 23, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "N. H. v. P. H. S. A." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 3. December 1898. p. 59. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  16. ^ "N. H. v. St. Anselm". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 3. December 1898. pp. 59–60. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  17. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 63. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  18. ^ "New Hampshire vs MIT (MA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.

Further reading

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