1898 Bucknell football team

1898 Bucknell football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4–3
Head coach	George Jennings (2nd season)
Captain	Emmanuel Cober

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 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. Led by George Jennings in his second and final season as head coach, Bucknell compiled a record of 4–4–3. Emmanuel Cober was the team captain.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24		Wyoming Seminary	Lewisburg, PA	W 6–0
October 1		at Bradford National Guard	Bradford, PA	T 0–0
October 8		at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–11
October 15		University of Maryland, Baltimore	Lewisburg, PA	W 6–0
October 22		Swarthmore	Lewisburg, PA	W 34–18
October 29		at Lehigh	South Bethlehem, PA	T 0–0
November 5		vs. Penn State	Williamsport, PA	L 0–16
November 8		at Maryland	College Park, MD	W 6–5
November 12		at Franklin & Marshall	Lancaster, PA	T 11–11
November 19		at Lafayette	Easton, PA	L 0–6
November 24		at Buffalo	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	L 5–36