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1897 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainGarrett Cochran
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Eastern college football independents records
  • 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 6 0
    Western Univ. Penn.     1 3 0

    The 1897 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 10–1 record. The Tigers won their first ten games by a combined score of 339 to 0, but then lost the last game of the season by a 6–0 score against Yale.[1] Two Princeton players, halfback Addison Kelly and end Garrett Cochran, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1897 College Football All-America Team.[2]

    Schedule[edit]

    DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    October 2 Lehigh
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 43–0 [3]
    October 6 Rutgers
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
  • W 53–0 [4]
    October 9atNavy
  • Annapolis, MD
  • W 28–03,000[5]
    October 13 Penn State
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 34–0 [6]
    October 16 Carlisle
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 18–08,000[7]
    October 20 Franklin & Marshall
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 54–0 [8]
    October 23atCornell
    • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
  • W 10–07,000[9]
    October 27 Elizabeth A.C.
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 12–0 [10]
    October 303:10 p.m. Dartmouth
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 30–02,000[11][12]
    November 6 Lafayette
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 57–04,500[13]
    November 20atYale
  • New Haven, CT (rivalry)
  • L 0–618,000[14]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "1897 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  • ^ "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
  • ^ "The Champion Princeton Team Opens the Season with an Easy Victory Over Lehigh: Tigers Scored 43 to 0". The New York Times. October 3, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Tigers Score 53 Points: Yes, But the Rutgers Team Was Not Much to Beat". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 7, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Naval Cadets Make a Plucky Fight Against Princeton, but Are Beaten 28 to 0". The New York Times. October 10, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Scares the Tigers: State Almost Scores Twice Against Princeton's Team". Chicago Tribune. October 14, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Indians and Tigers Fought Fiercely: Victory for Princeton Came After Much Effort and Injured Men". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 17, 1897. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Tigers Score Heavily: Roll Up 54 Points, But F. and M. Is Very Weak". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Tigers Badly Scared: Princeton Went to Ithaca Expecting to Have an Easy Time". The World (New York). October 24, 1897. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Tigers Hard Pushed: Elizabeth's Strong Team Made Princeton Work Hard to Beat Them". The World (New York). October 28, 1897. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Tigers Run Thirty On Dartmouth's Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1897. p. 11. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  • ^ "Tigers' Strong Game: Show the Best Form Against Dartmouth Thus Far Evinced This Season". The Philadelphia Times. October 31, 1897. p. 11 – 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.
  • ^ "Great Victory for Yale: She Plays a Brilliant Game, Defeating Princeton with a Score of 6 to 0". The New York Times. November 21, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

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