1898 Maryland Aggies football team

The 1898 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1898 college football season. The team was led by player-coach Frank Kenly and finished with a 2–6–1 record.[1]

1898 Maryland Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6–1
Head coach
CaptainFrank Kenly
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Carolina     9 0 0
Central (KY)     3 0 1
Oklahoma     2 0 0
Navy     7 1 0
West Virginia     6 1 0
Marshall     4 1 0
Georgetown     7 3 0
Texas A&M     4 2 0
VMI     4 2 0
Arkansas Industrial     2 1 0
Centre     2 1 2
VPI     3 2 0
Virginia     6 5 0
Richmond     3 3 1
Davidson     1 1 0
William & Mary     1 1 0
South Carolina     1 2 0
Delaware     2 5 2
Columbian     3 6 0
North Carolina A&M     1 2 0
Add-Ran     1 3 1
Maryland     2 6 1
Guilford     0 3 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13ColumbianCollege Park, MDL 5–17[2]
October 15at Western MarylandWestminster, MDL 0–32
October 18Eastern High SchoolCollege Park, MDW 36–0
October 22GallaudetCollege Park, MDL 0–33
October 26at Rock Hill CollegeEllicott City, MDT 12–12
October 29at Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MDL 0–16
November 2at Episcopal High SchoolAlexandria, VAL 0–37
November 5at Rock Hill CollegeEllicott City, MDW 27–0
November 12St. John's (MD)L 0–6

Personnel

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The players of the 1898 team were:[3]

  • Grant Church, end
  • Hiram Collins, end
  • English Eyster, end
  • Frank Hines, end
  • F. H. Peters, end
  • Jim Bradley, tackle
  • Ellis Caldwell, tackle
  • Dorsey Cashell, tackle
  • Harry Kefauver, tackle
  • Fred Shamberger, tackle
  • Jim Blandford, guard
  • Turford Noble, guard
  • Tom Symons, guard
  • Jim Shipley, center
  • Andy Grayson, quarterback
  • Frank Kenly, quarterback
  • Ellis Caldwell, halfback
  • Joe Devon, halfback
  • Tom Massey, halfback
  • Jim Wilson, halfback
  • Samuel Cooke, fullback and captain-coach

Manager:

  • Robert McCandish

References

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  1. ^ All-Time Coaching Record Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 25, 2010.
  2. ^ "Columbians, 17; Agricultural, 3". The Baltimore Sun. October 15, 1898. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952, p. 36, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.