1898 William & Mary Orange and White football team

The 1898 William & Mary Orange and White football team represented the College of William & Mary during the 1898 college football season. The season marked the first meeting between William & Mary and the University of Richmond, which later became known as the I-64 Bowl—so named for the highway between the two nearby schools—and eventually as the Capital Cup. The Richmond–W&M rivalry is the fourth-longest played college football rivalry and, through the 2013 match-up, the schools have played each other 123 times. Richmond won the inaugural contest 15–0.

1898 William & Mary Orange and White football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	1–1
Head coach	W. J. King (2nd season)

1898 Southern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North Carolina			–					9	–	0	–	0
Central			–					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
Maryland			–					2	–	6	–	1
Add-Ran			–					1	–	3	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
1898	Randolph–Macon		W 5–0
November 19	at Richmond	Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 0–15

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