"Frank Carter"@en . "yes"@en . "Ann Arbor, Michigan"@en . . "29"^^ . "10"^^ . ""@en . . "Illinois vs. Michigan"@en . "1898-10-19"^^ . "yes"@en . . "6"^^ . "150.0"^^ . "Michigan"@en . "11"^^ . "Chicago"@en . "Evanston, Illinois"@en . "12"^^ . . "no"@en . "J. C. Knight"@en . . "yes"@en . "Chicago Maroons"@en . "w"@en . "1898-10-12"^^ . "University of Chicago"@en . "Detroit, Michigan"@en . "Western Reserve at Michigan"@en . . "Michigan State Normal at Michigan"@en . . . "Kenyon"@en . . . "5"^^ . "6"^^ . "0"^^ . "1898-10-22"^^ . "Alumni"@en . . "1898-10-08"^^ . "39"^^ . "Western Reserve"@en . "12"^^ . . . "Northwestern"@en . "Big Ten Conference"@en . "Fred Hayner"@en . "1898"^^ . "1898-11-19"^^ . "11"^^ . "Michigan at Northwestern"@en . "Western Conference Champions"@en . "3"^^ . "1898-10-15"^^ . "1898-10-31"^^ . "Notre Dame"@en . "23"^^ . "16"^^ . "6"^^ . "300"^^ . "3500"^^ . "Illinois"@en . "5"^^ . "2"^^ . . "0"^^ . "Kenyon at Michigan"@en . "Evanston, Illinois"@en . "Michigan at Chicago"@en . "Alumni"@en . "Chicago, Illinois"@en . "1898-11-12"^^ . "Alumni at Michigan"@en . "n"@en . "R. M. Simmons"@en . "Michigan Wolverines"@en . "yes"@en . "12000"^^ . "no"@en . "Notre Dame Fighting Irish"@en . "Detroit Athletic Club Grounds, Detroit, Michigan"@en . "yes"@en . "2"^^ . "1898-10-01"^^ . . "90.0"^^ . . "12000"^^ . "180.0"^^ . "1898-11-05"^^ . "The 1898 season included the first meeting in the Michigan - Michigan State football rivalry with Michigan winning the inaugural game by a score of 39\u20130. The 1898 Wolverines shut out a total of six opponents, including Notre Dame (23\u20130). The team concluded its season by playing Amos Alonzo Stagg's University of Chicago team for the Western Conference championship. The Wolverines beat the favored Chicago Maroons by a 12\u201311 score in a game that inspired Louis Elbel to write Michigan's fight song \"The Victors.\" Several Michigan players received post-season honors. Halfback Charles Widman was the team's scoring leader with 12 touchdowns, including a 65-yard touchdown run against Chicago. Center William Cunningham was selected as a first-team All-American by Caspar Whitney in Harper's Weekly \u2013 the first Michigan football player to receive first-team All-American honors. Walter Camp selected two Michigan players, Cunningham and tackle Allen Steckle, as second-team All-Americans. Five Wolverines were chosen as first-team players on Caspar Whitney's All-Western team: William Caley at halfback, Cunningham at center, Steckle at tackle, and Neil Snow and John W. F. Bennett at the ends."@en . . "Michigan"@en . . . . . . "Regents Field"@en . . . . "The 1898 season included the first meeting in the Michigan - Michigan State football rivalry with Michigan winning the inaugural game by a score of 39\u20130. The 1898 Wolverines shut out a total of six opponents, including Notre Dame (23\u20130). The team concluded its season by playing Amos Alonzo Stagg's University of Chicago team for the Western Conference championship. The Wolverines beat the favored Chicago Maroons by a 12\u201311 score in a game that inspired Louis Elbel to write Michigan's fight song \"The Victors.\""@en . "Notre Dame at Michigan"@en . "Beloit at Michigan"@en . "Beloit"@en . "18"^^ . "22"^^ . . "3500"^^ . "23"^^ . . "Big Ten"@en . "1898-11-24"^^ . "1898-10-23"^^ . "21"^^ . . . "1898 Michigan Wolverines football team"@en . .