1897 Trinity Bantams football team

1897 Trinity Bantams football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4–1
Head coach	Everett J. Lake (1st season)
Captain	A. S. Woodle
Home stadium	Trinity athletic field
Seasons ← 1896 1898 →

1897 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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
Wesleyan			–					8	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	4	–	1
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	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					1	–	3	–	0

The 1897 Trinity Bantams football team represented the Trinity College during the 1897 college football season. ^[1] The team was led by first-year head coach Everett J. Lake. A. S. Woodle was captain.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		Yale	Trinity athletic field Hartford, CT	L 10–0	800	[2]
October 2		at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 6–38
October 9		Massachusetts	Hartford, CT	W 26–5
October 16		Hamilton	Hartford, CT	W 16–0
October 24		at NYU	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 34–0		[3]
October 30		at Amherst	Amherst, MA	W 18–0		[4]
November 6	3:00 p.m.	Wesleyan	Hartford, CT (rivalry)	L 4–6	2,000	[5] [6]
November 17		at Waterbury YMCA	Waterbury, CT	L 0–8		[7]
November 20		at Tufts	Tufts Oval Medford, MA	L 10–18		[8]

References

1. "1897 Trinity (CT) Bantams Schedule and Results".
2. ""Not So Warm" Just Yet: Yale Scores Only 10 Against Trinity and U. of P. is Scored on at Home". The boston Globe. September 30, 1897. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Trinity's strong game". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 25, 1897. Retrieved February 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Trinity's Great Game—Defeated Amherst at Football by the Big score of 16 to 0". Hartford . Hartford, Connecticut. November 1, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Will Trinity Win?". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. November 6, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved July 26, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
6. "Trinity Defeated—Wesleyan Wins the Football Game 6 to 4". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. November 8, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Y. M. C. A. Boys Victorious". The Waterbury Democrat. Waterbury, Connecticut. November 18, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved May 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com .
8. "Tufts 18, Trinity 10". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 21, 1897. p. 21. Retrieved May 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com .