Year: | 1898 |
Team: | Kentucky State College Blue and White |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Short Conf: | SIAA |
Record: | 7–0 |
Conf Record: | 0–0 |
Head Coach: | W. R. Bass |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Captain: | Roscoe Severs |
Champion: | State champion |
The 1898 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—during the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Led by first-year head coach W. R. Bass, the team, known as "the Immortals,"[1] was undefeated, untied, and unscored upon, posted a 7–0 record and outscored its opponents 181 to 0.[2] [3] [4] The game was stopped by rain after fifteen minutes of play.