1897 Lafayette football team

1897 Lafayette football
1897 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–2–1
Head coach	Parke H. Davis (3rd season);
Captain	Charles Rinehart
Home stadium	March Field
	Seasons ← 1896 1898 →

1897 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		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
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		–		3	–	5	–	2
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
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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Bloomsburg Normal	Bloomsburg, PA	W 14–0
September 28	at Wyoming Seminary	Kingston, PA	W 26–0
October 2	Penn State	March Field Easton, PA	W 24–0
October 6	at Franklin & Marshall	Lancaster, PA	W 8–0
October 9	Temperance A.C.	March Field Easton, PA	W 64–0
October 16	Cornell	March Field Easton, PA	T 4–4
October 23	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–46	18,000	^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
October 30	Lehigh	March Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	W 34–0
November 6	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–57	4,500	^[9]
November 13	Dickinson	March Field Easton, PA	W 19–0
November 20	Wesleyan	March Field Easton, PA	W 41–6
November 25	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	W 22–0

References

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

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[SR-1] "1897 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

[CFDW-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.com .

[6] "Pennsylvania Lays Out Lafayette (continued)". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[7] "Great Day For Penn". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[8] "Great Day For Penn (continued)". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[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.

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