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1897 Rhode Island Rams football team

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1897 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2
Head coach
  • None
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 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 1897 college football season. It was the third season in school history. Rhode Island finished the season with a record of 1–2.[1] Their second game against Connecticut was the first game in the Rhode Island–UConn football rivalry.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
October 16New London High SchoolNew London, CTL 0–6
October 23StorrsNew London, CT (rivalry)L 8–22
November 13Pawtucket High SchoolKingston, RIW 22–0

References

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  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Rhode Island Yearly Results: 1895–1899". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2021.