1898 LSU Tigers football team

1898 LSU Tigers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1898 record 1–0 (1–0 SIAA)
Head coach Edmond Chavanne (1st year)
Captain Edmond Chavanne
Home stadium State Field
1898 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
North Carolina + 3 0 0     9 0 0
Sewanee + 3 0 0     4 0 0
LSU 1 0 0     1 0 0
Auburn 2 1 0     2 1 0
Georgia 3 2 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
Texas 0 1 0     5 1 0
VPI 0 1 0     3 2 0
Ole Miss 0 1 0     1 1 0
Nashville 0 2 0     0 2 0
Georgia Tech 0 3 0     0 3 0
Kentucky State 0 0 0     7 0 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1898 LSU Tigers football team represented the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University during the 1898 college football season. The Tigers, with new coach Edmond Chavanne, played only one game for the 1898 season. It was their third undefeated season. Another outbreak of yellow fever similar to the one in 1897 caused LSU to play only one game. By the time LSU was able to play its only game of the season, Allen Jeardeau had departed from the school as head football coach, and no provision had been made to replace him. The job of coach then fell to the team's captain, Edmond Chavanne. He holds the distinction of being the only player-coach in LSU football history. 1898 marked the final year of play for William S. Slaughter. He was LSU's first five time football letterman.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
December 14 Tulane State FieldBaton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Rag) W 37–0  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

Roster

No. Player Position Height Weight Hometown High School
- Hulette F. "Red" Aby Tackle - - Natchez, MS -
- Joel B. Bateman Guard - - Franklin, LA -
- W. Benjamin Chamberlin - - - DeVall, LA -
- Edmund Auguste M. Chavanne Center - - Lake Charles, LA -
- Walter A. Coco Guard - - Marksville, LA -
- Armand P. Daspit Halfback - - Houma, LA -
- Justin C, Daspit Halfback - - Houma, LA -
- Leopold Kaffie Center - - Natchitoches, LA -
- George B. LeSueur - - - Houma, LA -
- Thomas L. Sherburne Guard - - Baton Rouge, LA -
- William S. Slaughter End - - Port Hudson, LA -
- John T. Stanford - - - Baton Rouge, LA -
- Benjamin B. Wall Halfback - - Alexandria, LA -

Roster from Fanbase.com[1] and LSU: The Louisiana Tigers[2]

See also

References

  1. http://www.fanbase.com/LSU-Fighting-Tigers-Football-1898/roster
  2. Hardesty, Dan. "LSU: The Louisiana Tigers". The Strode Publishers. Huntsville, Alabama. 1975. P. 334-345.
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