1897 Lafayette football team

The 1897 Lafayette football team represented Lafayette College in the 1897 college football season. Lafayetted shut out eight opponents and finished with a 9–2–1 record in their first 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]

1897 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record9–2–1
Head coach
CaptainCharles Rinehart
Home stadiumMarch Field
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn   –    15 –0 –0
Yale   –    9 –0 –2
Buffalo   –    7 –0 –0
Princeton   –    10 –1 –0
Harvard   –    10 –1 –1
Drexel   –    7 –1 –1
Army   –    6 –1 –1
Lafayette   –    9 –2 –1
Colgate   –    5 –2 –1
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
Bucknell   –    3 –3 –1
NYU   –    3 –3 –0
Temple   –    3 –3 –0
Trinity (CT)   –    4 –4 –1
Wesleyan   –    6 –6 –0
Tufts   –    6 –7 –0
Geneva   –    3 –4 –1
Pittsburgh College   –    2 –3 –1
Villanova   –    3 –5 –1
Penn State   –    3 –6 –0
Amherst   –    2 –6 –2
Frankin & Marshall   –    2 –6 –2
Lehigh   –    3 –7 –0
New Hampshire   –    2 –5 –0
Western Univ. Penn.   –    1 –3 –0
Rutgers   –    2 –7 –0

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

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 27at BloomsburgBloomsburg, 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 0–46
October 30Lehigh
W 34–0
November 6at PrincetonL 0–57
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. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. "Camp's Champion Eleven: Chamberlin, Brown, De Saulles and Hall of Yale All-American Leaders". New Haven Evening Register. 1897-12-08.
  4. "A Brief Review of the Football Season" (PDF). The Outing Magazine. Jan 1898.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.