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.


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