| Year: | 1898 |
| Team: | NYU Violets |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 1–3 |
| Head Coach: | Frank H. Cann |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Captain: | Nelson B. Hatch |
| Stadium: | Ohio Field |
The 1898 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their only year under head coach Frank H. Cann, the team compiled a 1–3 record. Nelson B. Hatch, who had played as a quarterback at NYU from 1895 to 1897, was selected as the team's captain after Robert Keane left the school to study at New York Medical College.[1]