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1898 Lincoln Blue Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
RecordUnknown (1 game played)
Seasons
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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
Iowa State Normal     4 0 1
Washburn     4 0 1
Kansas     7 1 0
Cincinnati     5 1 3
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     1 2 1
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
Haskell     2 7 0
Missouri     1 4 1
Wittenberg     1 5 1
Fairmount     0 1 0

The 1898 Lincoln Blue 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, if not the first year that Lincoln fielded a football team. The Tigers of Lincoln played one game during the 1898 season; against the George R. Smith Deweys.[1] The team finished the season with an unknown record, as the game score versus the Deweys has not survived. However, this soon-to-be annual matchup would soon evolve into an intense athletic rivalry which lasted until 1925, when George R. Smith college burned down.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
December 3George R. Smith CollegeJefferson City, MO Unknown[3]
Lincoln's 1898 football game vs. George R. Smith, possibly the first in team history

References

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  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. ^ "Going to Jefferson City". Sedalia Evening Sentinel. December 1, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspaperarchive.com.