The 1898 Dickinson football team was an

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team that represented

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = J ...

as an independent during the

1898 college football season Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

. The team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 86.

Nathan Stauffer Nathan Pennypacker Stauffer (January 1, 1875 – June 5, 1959) was an American college football player and coach and physician. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College from 1896 to 1899, at Pennsylvania Military College—now kno ...

was the team's head coach, and A. M. Devall was the captain.

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr IV (October 7, 1878 – February 17, 1969) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Stanford University (1922–1923), Washington & Jefferson College (1926–1928), Col ...

, later inducted into the

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, was a student at Dickinson at the time but did not play for the varsity football team.

Schedule

Players

The following players were starters on the 1898 team: * O. N. Diehl - center * W. H. Decker - right guard * G. H. Bonner - left guard * A. M. Devall - captain, right tackle * Fred Bindenberger - left tackle *

Forrest Craver Forrest Eugene "Cap" Craver Sr. (September 24, 1875 – October 18, 1958) was an American college football player and coach and athletic director who helped to pioneer physical education programs at the collegiate level including the introduction o ...

- right end * S. F. Shiffer - left end * George Williams - left end * D. N. Houston - quarterback * E. F. Hann - right halfback * C. H. Clippinger - left halfback * R. N. Hockenberry - fullback

References

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