1897 Maryland Aggies football team

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1897 Maryland Aggies football
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Conference Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association
Record2–4 (0–3 MIFA)
Head coach
Captain John Lillibridge
Seasons
  1896
1898  
1897 Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Gallaudet $ 3 0 14 1 1
Maryland 0 3 02 4 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1897 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1897 college football season. [1] The team was led by second-year head coach Grenville Lewis. [2]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 16Central High School* College Park, MD W 24–6
October 20Eastern High School*College Park, MDW 4–0
October 30 Johns Hopkins College Park, MDL 6–30
November 13at St. John's (MD) Annapolis, MD L 4–6
November 17 Gallaudet College Park, MDL 6–16
November 20at Baltimore Medical*L 0–10
  • *Non-conference game

Players

The letterwinners of the 1897 team were: [3]

Non-letterwinners: [4]

Manager:

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References

  1. David Ungrady, Tales from the Maryland Terrapins , 2003, p. 5, Sports Publishing LLC.
  2. All-Time Coaching Record Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 25, 2010.
  3. All-Time Lettermen Archived 2018-10-26 at the Wayback Machine , p. 1722, 2007 Terrapin Football Record Book, University of Maryland, 2007.
  4. Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 18901952, p. 30, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.