1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn – 15–0–0
Princeton – 10–1–0
Washington & Jefferson – 10–1–0
Yale – 9–0–2
Buffalo – 9–1–0
Harvard – 10–1–1
Army – 6–1–1
Vermont – 3–0–2
Lafayette – 9–2–1
Drexel – 6–2–1
Colgate – 5–2–1
Dickinson – 7–3–2
Swarthmore – 7–3–2
Fordham – 2–1–1
Cornell – 5–3–1
Syracuse – 5–3–1
Brown – 7–4–0
Carlisle – 6–4–0
Boston College – 4–3–0
Holy Cross – 4–3–1
Wesleyan – 8–7–0
Bucknell – 3–3–1
NYU – 3–3–0
Temple – 3–3–0
Trinity (CT) – 4–4–1
Tufts – 6–7–0
Geneva – 3–4–1
Pittsburgh College – 3–5–2
Villanova – 3–5–1
Penn State – 3–6–0
Amherst – 2–6–2
Franklin & Marshall – 2–6–2
Lehigh – 3–7–0
New Hampshire – 2–5–0
Rutgers – 2–5–0
Western Univ. Penn. – 1–3–0

The 1897 Lafayette football team represented Lafayette College in the 1897 college football season. Lafayette shut out eight opponents and finished with a 9–2–1 record in their third year under head coach Parke H. Davis. Significant games included victories over Penn State (24–0) and Lehigh (34–0 and 22–0), a 4–4 tie with Cornell, and losses to Princeton (0–57) and Penn (0–46). The 1895 Lafayette team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 256 to 113.[1][2]

Three Lafayette players received recognition on the 1897 College Football All-America Team. They are: guard Charles Rinehart (Walter Camp, 2nd team, Outing magazine, 1st team); halfback George B. Walbridge (Camp, 3rd team); and fullback Edward G. Bray (Outing, 2nd team).[3][4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Bloomsburg NormalBloomsburg, PAW 14–0
September 28at Wyoming SeminaryKingston, PAW 26–0
October 2Penn State
W 24–0
October 6at Franklin & MarshallLancaster, PAW 8–0
October 9Temperance A.C.
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 64–0
October 16Cornell
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
T 4–4
October 23at PennL 0–4618,000[5][6][7][8]
October 30Lehigh
W 34–0
November 6at PrincetonL 0–574,500[9]
November 13Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 19–0
November 20Wesleyan
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 41–6
November 25at LehighBethlehem, PAW 22–0

References

  1. ^"1897 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^"Lafayette Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. ^"Camp's Champion Eleven: Chamberlin, Brown, De Saulles and Hall of Yale All-American Leaders". New Haven Evening Register. December 8, 1897.
  4. ^"A Brief Review of the Football Season"(PDF). The Outing Magazine. January 1898.
  5. ^"Pennsylvania Lays Out Lafayette Completely". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.comOpen access icon.
  6. ^"Pennsylvania Lays Out Lafayette (continued)". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.comOpen access icon.
  7. ^"Great Day For Penn". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.comOpen access icon.
  8. ^"Great Day For Penn (continued)". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.comOpen access icon.
  9. ^"Tigers Scored Almost at Will: Administer an Overwhelming Defeat to the Lafayette Team". The Philadelphia Times. November 7, 1897. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.