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
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
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	–	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	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	Wesleyan	Hartford, CT	L 4–6	2,000	[5]
November 17	at Waterbury YMCA	Waterbury, CT	L 0–8		[6]
November 20	at Tufts	Tufts Oval Medford, MA	L 10–18		[7]

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. "Trinity Defeated—Wesleyan Wins the Football Game 6 to 4". Hartford . Hartford, Connecticut. November 8, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com .
6. "Y. M. C. A. Boys Victorious". The Waterbury Democrat. Waterbury, Connecticut. November 18, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved May 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Tufts 18, Trinity 10". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 21, 1897. p. 21. Retrieved May 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com .