1898 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
1898 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1898 record | 4–5 (1–1 Big Ten) |
Head coach | George Huff [1] (4th year) |
Captain | Arthur R. Johnston [2] |
Home stadium |
Illinois Field (Capacity: 17,000) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1898 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1898 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach George Huff, the Illini compiled a 4–5 record and finished in fourth place in the Western Conference.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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September 28 | Illinois Wesleyan* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 18–0 | ||||||
October 1 | Physicians & Surgeons* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | L 6–11 | ||||||
October 8 | Notre Dame* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | L 0–5 | ||||||
October 15 | DePauw* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 16–0 | ||||||
October 22 | vs. Illinois Alumni* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 10–6 | ||||||
November 4 | vs. Illinois Alumni* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | L 17–23 | ||||||
November 12 | vs. Michigan | Detroit Athletic Club • Detroit, MI (Series) | L 5–12 | ||||||
November 19 | at Carlisle* | Normal Park • Chicago, IL | L 0–11 | ||||||
November 24 | Minnesota | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 11–10 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. |
Roster
Official Roster | ||||||
Substitutes
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References
- ↑ FightingIllini.com Head Coaches
- ↑ FightingIllini.com Captains
- ↑ "1898 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ FightingIllini.com All-Time Rosters
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