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1897 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam McKeever
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Eastern college football independents records
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 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1897 college football season. In their first season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 133 to 42.[1][2] Three Cornell players received honors on the 1897 College Football All-America Team: quarterback George Young, Cornell (Walter Camp-2, Outing-1); end William McKeever (Camp-2); and end Lyndon S. Tracy, Cornell (Camp-3).[3][4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Colgate
W 6–0
October 3 Syracuse
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 16–0
October 9 Tufts
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 15–0
October 16at Lafayette
T 4–4
October 23 Princeton
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 0–107,000[5]
October 27at Harvard
L 5–246,000[6]
October 30 Penn State
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 45–0
November 6at Williams Williamstown, MAW 42–0
November 25at Penn
L 0–420,000[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1895–1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1897 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Camp's Champion Eleven: Chamberlin, Brown, De Saulles and Hall of Yale All-American Leaders". New Haven Evening Register. December 8, 1897.
  4. ^ "A Brief Review of the Football Season" (PDF). The Outing Magazine. January 1898.
  5. ^ "Tigers Badly Scared: Princeton Went to Ithaca Expecting to Have an Easy Time". The World (New York). October 24, 1897. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Harvard Wins: Crimson Football Team Defeats Cornell's Brave Warriors, 24 to 5". Boston Post. October 31, 1897. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  7. ^ "Cornell Gives Penn A Hard Fight For Victory". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Hard Fight For Victory (continued)". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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