The 1898 Duquesne Country and Athletic Club football season was their fourth season in existence. The team finished with a record of 11–0–1. The team was named the top team in western Pennsylvania. Roy Jackson was the team's captain and coach.[1]
The team this season was, according to the New York Sun, "generally regarded as the chief exponent of professionalism" in football.[2] Duquesne's chairman William C. Temple publicly admitted that the team was professional, distinguishing it from the previous season's team which he claimed was "strictly amateur". Temple explained that hiring paid players was necessary to meet the public's demand for good football.[3]
^Postponed from Saturday, November 26 because of snow.
^This was the 1st professional football "all-star" game, as Duquesne played a team that consisted of several of top football players in western Pennsylvania.
PFRA Research. "Stars Over All-Stars"(PDF). Coffin Corner. Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–5. Archived from the original(PDF) on November 26, 2010.