1897 Boston College football team

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1897 Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record4–3
Head coach
Captain Arthur White
Home stadium South End Grounds
Seasons
  1896
1898  
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn     1500
Yale     902
Buffalo     700
Princeton     1010
Harvard     1011
Drexel     711
Army     611
Lafayette     921
Colgate     521
Fordham     211
Cornell     531
Syracuse     531
Brown     740
Carlisle     640
Boston College     430
Holy Cross     431
Bucknell     331
NYU     330
Temple     330
Trinity (CT)     441
Wesleyan     660
Tufts     670
Geneva     341
Pittsburgh College     231
Villanova     351
Penn State     360
Amherst     262
Frankin & Marshall     262
Lehigh     370
New Hampshire     250
Western Univ. Penn.     130
Rutgers     270

The 1897 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College during the 1897 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Campello Athletic Club
W 14–4
October 16at Whitman Athletic ClubW 14–4
October 23at Holy Cross
L 4–10
October 26vs. Tufts L 4–12
October 30 Exeter Academy L 4–10
November 6 Harvard Law School W 6–0
November 25vs. Holy CrossW 12–04,500 [1]

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References

  1. "Boston College 12, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Mass. November 26, 1896. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.