1897 LSU Tigers football team

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1897 LSU Tigers football
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Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–1 (0–0 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainEdwin A. Scott
Home stadium State Field
Seasons
←  1896
1898  →
1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $ 3 –0 –06 –0 –1
Georgia 2 –0 –02 –1 –0
Auburn 2 –0 –12 –0 –1
Tennessee 1 –0 –04 –1 –0
Central (KY) 1 –1 –01 –2 –0
Nashville 1 –1 –01 –1 –0
Alabama 0 –0 –01 –0 –0
Texas 0 –0 –06 –2 –0
LSU 0 –0 –01 –1 –0
Sewanee 1 –2 –11 –3 –1
Clemson 0 –1 –02 –2 –0
Mercer 0 –1 –00 –2 –1
Cumberland (TN) 0 –1 –00 –1 –0
Kentucky State College 0 –2 –02 –4 –0
SW Presbyterian 0 –0 –00 –0 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1897 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Coach Allen Jeardeau returned for his second but final year at LSU in 1897 for two games in Baton Rouge. A yellow fever outbreak throughout the South caused the postponement of LSU's classes starting and the football season being cut back to only two games.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
December 20Montgomery Athletic Club*
W 28–6 [1]
January 33:34 p.m. Cincinnati *
  • State Field
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 0–28 [2]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

No.PlayerPositionHeightWeightHometownHigh School
-William Benjamin Chamberlin---DeVall, LA-
-Edmund Auguste M. ChavanneCenter--Lake Charles, LA-
-Armand P. DaspitHalfback--Houma, LA-
-Justin C. DaspitHalfback--Houma, LA-
- Frank A. Godchaux Quarterback--Baton Rouge, LA-
-William C. HowellEnd--St. Francisville, LA-
-Phillip P. HuyckGuard--Baton Rouge, LA-
-Leopold KaffieCenter--Natchitoches, LA-
-George B. Lesueur---Baton Rouge, LA-
-Julius M. Levy---Evergreen, LA-
-Gordon B. NicholsonHalfback--Baton Rouge, LA-
-Edwin A. Scott---Wilson, LA-
-Thomas L. SherburneGuard--Baton Rouge, LA-
-William S. SlaughterEnd--Port Hudson, LA-
-Duncan P. Staples---Alexandria, LA-
-John T. WestbrookEnd--Baton Rouge, LA-

Roster from Fanbase.com [3] and LSU: The Louisiana Tigers [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Baton Rouge easily defeats Montgomery". The Daily Picayune. December 21, 1897. Retrieved April 28, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Baton Rouge Was Outclassed". The Daily Picayune . New Orleans, Louisiana. January 4, 1898. p. 9. Retrieved January 13, 2020– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ "LSU Tigers Football | Fanbase is your source for sports news and athlete information". Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hardesty, Dan. "LSU: The Louisiana Tigers". The Strode Publishers. Huntsville, Alabama. 1975. P. 334-345.
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