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1898 Harvard

11–⁠0, coached by William Cameron Forbes.

Harvard, 1898
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Harvard in 1898, game by game: won vs. Williams 11–0; won vs. Bowdoin 28–6; won vs. Dartmouth 21–0; won vs. Amherst 53–2; won at Army 28–0; won vs. Newtowne A.C. 22–0; won vs. Chicago A.C. 39–0; won vs. Carlisle 11–5; won vs. Pennsylvania 10–0; won vs. Brown 17–6; won at Yale 17–0+51Won 11–0 vs. Williams+11WilliamsWon 28–6 vs. Bowdoin+22BowdoinWon 21–0 vs. Dartmouth+21DartmouthWon 53–2 vs. Amherst+51AmherstWon 28–0 at Army+28ArmyWon 22–0 vs. Newtowne A.C.+22Newtowne A.C.Won 39–0 vs. Chicago A.C.+39Chicago A.C.Won 11–5 vs. Carlisle+6CarlisleWon 10–0 vs. Pennsylvania+10PennsylvaniaWon 17–6 vs. Brown+11BrownWon 17–0 at Yale+17Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsWilliamsW 11–⁠087%
Sep 28vsBowdoinW 28–⁠693%
Oct 1vsDartmouthW 21–⁠069%
Oct 8vsAmherstW 53–⁠288%
Oct 15atArmyW 28–⁠052%
Oct 19vsNewtowne A.C.W 22–⁠095%
Oct 22vsChicago A.C.W 39–⁠094%
Oct 29vsCarlisleW 11–⁠581%
Nov 5vsPennsylvaniaW 10–⁠045%
Nov 12vsBrownW 17–⁠680%
Nov 19atYaleW 17–⁠045%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Yale 17–⁠0.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1898.

National championsa title the school claims

3 consensus All-AmericansJohn Hallowell, E; Charles Dudley Daly, QB; Benjamin Dibblee, RB

Record
11–⁠0
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
257–⁠19
Coach
William Cameron Forbes
Elo
1737 +149 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
20.1 No. 2 of 31 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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