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1897 Notre Dame football team

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1897 Notre Dame football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1–1
Head coach
CaptainJack Mullen
Home stadiumBrownson Hall field
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler     3 0 0
Fairmount     1 0 0
Washburn     7 1 0
Cincinnati     9 1 1
Iowa State Normal     5 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan     7 1 1
Indiana     6 1 1
Ohio     7 2 0
Carthage     3 1 0
Iowa Agricultural     3 1 0
Notre Dame     4 1 1
Michigan Agricultural     4 2 1
Central Michigan     2 1 0
Baldwin–Wallace     2 1 1
Chicago Dental Infirmary     2 2 1
Missouri     5 6 0
Lake Forest     4 5 1
Drake     2 3 0
Heidelberg     2 3 0
Detroit College     1 2 0
Indiana Normal     1 4 0
Kansas State     1 2 1
Mount Union     2 4 1
Rush Medical College     1 4 1
DePauw     2 6 0
Wittenberg     2 6 0
Haskell     1 4 0
Indiana State Normal     1 4 0
Ohio State     1 7 1
South Dakota Agricultural     0 1 0
Washington University     0 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural     0 3 0

The 1897 Notre Dame football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1897 college football season. In its second season with Frank E. Hering as coach, the team compiled a 4–1–1 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 165 to 40.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13Rush Medical
T 0–0[1][2]
October 23DePauw
  • Brownson Hall field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 4–0[3]
October 28Chicago Dental Infirmary
  • Brownson Hall field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 62–0[4]
November 6at ChicagoL 5–34800[5]
November 20St. Viator
  • Brownson Hall field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 60–0[6]
November 25Michigan Agricultural
W 34–6[7]

References

  1. ^ "FOUNDER's DAY AT NOTRE DAME". The Inter Ocean. 1897-10-14. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. ^ "BOTH TEAMS FAIL TO SCORE". The Inter Ocean. 1897-10-14. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  3. ^ "NOTRE DAME CONQUERS DEPAUW". The Inter Ocean. 1897-10-24. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  4. ^ "CHICAGO DENTISTS DEFEATED". The Inter Ocean. 1897-10-29. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  5. ^ "SCORE A PLACE KICK". Chicago Tribune. 1897-11-07. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  6. ^ "NOTRE DAME SCORES HEAVILY". The Inter Ocean. 1897-11-21. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  7. ^ "Notre Dame Takes Game". The Inter Ocean. 1897-11-26. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-05-30.