1897 college football season

1897 college football season
Number of bowls	0
Heisman	Not awarded until 1935
College football seasons «1896 1898»

The 1897 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Penn and Yale as national champions.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1897 Western Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T 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 † – Conference champion

1897 Western Interstate football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Nebraska 3 – 0 – 0     5 – 1 – 0 Kansas 2 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 Iowa 0 – 2 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Missouri 0 – 2 – 0     5 – 6 – 0

See also

• 1897 College Football All-America Team