1898 Western Conference football season


The 1898 Western Conference football season was the third season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference and was a part of the 1898 college football season.
The 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team, under head coach Gustave Ferbert, won the conference championship with a 10–0 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 205 to 26. The team concluded its season by playing Amos Alonzo Stagg's 1898 Chicago Maroons football team for the conference championship. The Wolverines beat Chicago by a 12–11 score in a game that inspired Louis Elbel to write Michigan's fight song "The Victors."
Wisconsin, under head coach Philip King, compiled a 9–1 record, lost to Chicago, and finished in third place in the conference.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game

Regular season

Only 10 conference games were played during the 1898 season as follows:
  1. October 22, 1898: Chicago defeated Northwestern, 34-5
  2. October 29, 1898: Wisconsin defeated Minnesota, 29-0
  3. November 5, 1898: Chicago defeated Purdue, 17-0
  4. November 5, 1898: Michigan defeated Northwestern, 6-5
  5. November 12, 1898: Chicago defeated Wisconsin, 6-0
  6. November 12, 1898: Michigan defeated Illinois, 12-5
  7. November 12, 1898: Minnesota defeated Northwestern, 17-6
  8. November 24, 1898: Illinois defeated Minnesota, 11-10
  9. November 24, 1898: Michigan defeated Chicago, 12-11
  10. Nov 24, 1898: Wisconsin defeated Northwestern, 47-0

    Bowl games

No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1898 season.

All-Western players

Ends