1897 Purdue Boilermakers football | |
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Conference | Western Conference |
Record | 5–3–1 (1–2 Western) |
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Captain | William S. Moore |
Home stadium | Stuart Field |
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Wisconsin $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1897 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1897 Western Conference football season. The Boilermakers compiled a 5–3–1 record but were outscored by their opponents by a total of 108 to 106 in their first season under head coach William W. Church. William S. Moore was the team captain. [1] [2]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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October 2 | Illinois State Normal * | W 28–0 | [3] | ||||
October 9 | Oberlin * |
| L 6–22 | [4] | |||
October 16 | at DePauw * | Greencastle, IN | W 8–0 | [5] | |||
October 23 | at Illinois | L 4–34 | [6] | ||||
October 30 | Indiana * |
| W 20–6 | [7] | |||
November 6 | at Michigan | L 4–34 | [8] | ||||
November 13 | Missouri * |
| W 30–12 | [9] | |||
November 20 | Purdue alumni |
| T 0–0 | 500 | [10] | ||
November 25 | Minnesota |
| W 6–0 | [11] | |||
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