1898 Tennessee Volunteers football team
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The 1898 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee
in the 1898 college football season
. This was the Volunteers first time to not have an active football team due to Spanish-American War
. The Volunteers also did not field a team in three other war years, in 1917 and 1918 during World War I
, and in 1943 during the World War II
.
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
in the 1898 college football season
1898 college football season
The 1898 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Princeton as national champions....
. This was the Volunteers first time to not have an active football team due to Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence...
. The Volunteers also did not field a team in three other war years, in 1917 and 1918 during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, and in 1943 during the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.