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  • 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team
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  • The 1898 season included the first meeting in the Michigan - Michigan State football rivalry with Michigan winning the inaugural game by a score of 39–0. The 1898 Wolverines shut out a total of six opponents, including Notre Dame (23–0). The team concluded its season by playing Amos Alonzo Stagg's University of Chicago team for the Western Conference championship. The Wolverines beat the favored Chicago Maroons by a 12–11 score in a game that inspired Louis Elbel to write Michigan's fight song "The Victors."
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HCYear
  • 2
Team
  • Michigan Wolverines
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  • Chicago Maroons
Date
  • 1898-10-01
  • 1898-10-08
  • 1898-10-12
  • 1898-10-15
  • 1898-10-19
  • 1898-10-22
  • 1898-10-23
  • 1898-10-31
  • 1898-11-05
  • 1898-11-12
  • 1898-11-19
  • 1898-11-24
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  • 3500
  • 12000
  • yes
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  • w
Champion
  • Western Conference Champions
ShortConference
  • Big Ten
ImageSize
  • 300
Conference
  • Big Ten Conference
away
  • yes
Record
  • 10
homecoming
  • yes
StartTime
  • 180.0
  • 90.0
site stadium
Score
  • 6
  • 11
  • 12
  • 18
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 29
  • 39
nonconf
  • n
  • yes
Attendance
  • 3500
  • 12000
H
  • 0
  • 5
  • 6
  • 11
  • 12
  • 16
  • 23
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Title
  • University of Chicago
  • Notre Dame
  • Michigan at Northwestern
  • Notre Dame at Michigan
  • Alumni at Michigan
  • Beloit at Michigan
  • Illinois vs. Michigan
  • Kenyon at Michigan
  • Michigan State Normal at Michigan
  • Michigan at Chicago
  • Western Reserve at Michigan
Referee
  • Frank Carter
  • Fred Hayner
  • J. C. Knight
  • R. M. Simmons
Rank
  • no
Host
  • Michigan
  • Chicago
Captain
Neutral
  • yes
Timezone
StadiumArena
ConfRecord
  • 3
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  • Detroit, Michigan
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Evanston, Illinois
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan
TV
  • no
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Time
  • 150.0
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  • 2
  • 5
  • 6
Year
  • 1898
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  • The 1898 season included the first meeting in the Michigan - Michigan State football rivalry with Michigan winning the inaugural game by a score of 39–0. The 1898 Wolverines shut out a total of six opponents, including Notre Dame (23–0). The team concluded its season by playing Amos Alonzo Stagg's University of Chicago team for the Western Conference championship. The Wolverines beat the favored Chicago Maroons by a 12–11 score in a game that inspired Louis Elbel to write Michigan's fight song "The Victors." Several Michigan players received post-season honors. Halfback Charles Widman was the team's scoring leader with 12 touchdowns, including a 65-yard touchdown run against Chicago. Center William Cunningham was selected as a first-team All-American by Caspar Whitney in Harper's Weekly – the first Michigan football player to receive first-team All-American honors. Walter Camp selected two Michigan players, Cunningham and tackle Allen Steckle, as second-team All-Americans. Five Wolverines were chosen as first-team players on Caspar Whitney's All-Western team: William Caley at halfback, Cunningham at center, Steckle at tackle, and Neil Snow and John W. F. Bennett at the ends.
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