1897 Colgate football team

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1897 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainWalter Cramp
Seasons
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1897 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1897 college football season. The team captain for the 1897 season was Walter Cramp. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25at Cornell Ithaca, NY (rivalry)L 0–6
October 9 St. John's Military Academy Hamilton, NY W 6–0
October 16 Syracuse Hamilton, NY (rivalry)T 6–6
October 30at Williams Williamstown, MA W 18–0
November 3at Hobart Auburn, NY W 18–0
Union (NY) Hamilton, NYW 6–0
November 13at Hamilton Utica, NY W 12–6
November 25at Rochester Rochester, NY L 0–8

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References

  1. ↑ "Reference at gocolgateraiders.com.s3.amazonaws.com" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "1897 Colgate Game-by-Game Records". Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017., College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved January 7, 2017.


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