1898 Duquesne Country and Athletic Club season

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.

Open professionalism
The team this season was, according to the New York Sun, "generally regarded as the chief exponent of professionalism" in football. 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.