1898 Georgia Tech football team

1898 Georgia Tech football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record0–4 (0–3 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumPiedmont Park
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sewanee 3 0 0 4 0 0
Auburn 2 0 0 2 1 0
LSU 1 0 0 1 0 0
Georgia 3 1 0 4 2 0
Clemson 1 1 0 3 1 0
Tulane 1 1 0 1 1 0
Vanderbilt 1 2 0 1 5 0
Mississippi 0 1 0 1 1 0
Texas 0 1 0 5 1 0
Nashville 0 2 0 0 2 0
Georgia Tech 0 3 0 0 4 0
Kentucky State# 0 0 0 7 0 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 0 0 0 0 0
SW Presbyterian 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # – State champion

The 1898 Georgia Tech football team represented the Georgia School of Technology during the 1898 college football season.

The team was coached by J. B. Wood, a Georgia Tech professor who was in his third year coaching the team.[1] Furlow was selected as manager. Enough players came out for the team that Tech was able to field a second and third team, both of which played scrimmages against local high schools. The varsity team played several practice games and Wood remarked that the team was well coached and had played well together as a team.[1]

Georgia Tech's home games were played at Piedmont Park, which was being renovated with a new grandstand and track. Georgia Tech and Georgia both made agreements to exclusively use Piedmont Park for all football and baseball games for the 1898 and 1899 seasons.[2]

Georgia Tech's small season led many to consider the 1898 to be relatively weak compared to other teams in the region[1] and press coverage suggests that interest in Tech's football program was markedly lighter than in previous years. The season was far from successful for Georgia Tech who finished 0–4, the first of three straight winless seasons. Tech scored in only one of the four games.

  1. ^ a b c "Football Game in Athens Saturday". The Atlanta Journal. Atlanta, Georgia. October 20, 1898.
  2. ^ "Will Build New Athletic Field". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. February 20, 1898.