1897 Dickinson football team

1897 Dickinson football
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Record7–3–2
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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 Dickinson football team was an American football team that represented Dickinson College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team compiled a 7–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 146 to 69.[1] Nathan Stauffer was the team's head coach.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at Phoenix Athletic AssociationPhoenixville, PAW 2–0[2]
September 25SusquehannaCarlisle, PAW 18–0[3]
October 2CarlisleCarlisle, PAL 0–36600–700[4][5]
October 9at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAW 20–4[6]
October 16at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 6–5[7]
October 20at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–5[8]
October 23VillanovaCarlisle, PAW 50–0500[9]
November 2vs. York Y.M.C.A.Philadelphia, PAT 0–0[10]
November 6Mount St. Mary'sCarlisle, PAT 0–0[11][12]
November 13at Lafayette
L 0–19[13]
November 20Franklin & MarshallCarlisle, PAW 42–0[14]
November 25vs. Penn StateSunbury, PAW 6–0[15]

References

  1. ^ "1897 Dickinson Red Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Here's Your Eye Opener". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 9, 1897. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Dickinson Wins: Defeats Susquehanna University By the Score of 18-0 Before Large Crowd". The Sentinel. September 27, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Carlisle Indians Defeat Dickinson". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 3, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Indians Win: Dickinson Defeated by the Indians to the Tune of 36-0". The Sentinel. October 4, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Dickinson Defeats Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Times. October 18, 1897. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dickinson Downs Haverford: One of the Hottest Games of the Season Decided by a Point". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 1897. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Holderness Won for Lehigh". The Philadelphia Times. October 21, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Villa Nova and Dickinson". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 24, 1897. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Dickinson Plays a Tie Game: Out Play York Y.M.C.A., But Neither Side Score". The Sentinel. November 3, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Saturday's Football Games". Carlisle Evening Herald. November 8, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Dickinson's Tie Game". The Sentinel. November 8, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Lafayette 19, Dickinson 0". The Pittsburgh Press. November 14, 1897. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Franklin and Marshall Outclassed". The Philadelphia Times. November 21, 1897. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Dickinson 6, State 0: The Carlisle Team Too Much for State College". The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA). November 26, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.