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American college football season
The 1897 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 10–1 record. The Tigers won their first ten games by a combined score of 339 to 0, but then lost the last game of the season by a 6–0 score against Yale.[1] Two Princeton players, halfback Addison Kelly and end Garrett Cochran, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1897 College Football All-America Team.[2]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 2 | Lehigh | | W 43–0 | | [3]
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October 6 | Rutgers | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
| W 53–0 | | [4]
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October 9 | at Navy | | W 28–0 | 3,000 | [5]
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October 13 | Penn State | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 34–0 | | [6]
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October 16 | Carlisle | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 18–0 | 8,000 | [7]
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October 20 | Franklin & Marshall | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 54–0 | | [8]
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October 23 | at Cornell | | W 10–0 | 7,000 | [9]
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October 27 | Elizabeth A.C. | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 12–0 | | [10]
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October 30 | Dartmouth | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 30–0 | | [11]
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November 6 | Lafayette | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 57–0 | 4,500 | [12]
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November 20 | at Yale | | L 0–6 | 18,000 | [13]
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References
- ^ "1897 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
- ^ "The Champion Princeton Team Opens the Season with an Easy Victory Over Lehigh: Tigers Scored 43 to 0". The New York Times. October 3, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers Score 53 Points: Yes, But the Rutgers Team Was Not Much to Beat". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 7, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Naval Cadets Make a Plucky Fight Against Princeton, but Are Beaten 28 to 0". The New York Times. October 10, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Scares the Tigers: State Almost Scores Twice Against Princeton's Team". Chicago Tribune. October 14, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Indians and Tigers Fought Fiercely: Victory for Princeton Came After Much Effort and Injured Men". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 17, 1897. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers Score Heavily: Roll Up 54 Points, But F. and M. Is Very Weak". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tigers Hard Pushed: Elizabeth's Strong Team Made Princeton Work Hard to Beat Them". The World (New York). October 28, 1897. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers' Strong Game: Show the Best Form Against Dartmouth Thus Far Evinced This Season". The Philadelphia Times. October 31, 1897. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers Scored Almost at Will: Administer an Overwhelming Defeat to the Lafayette Team". The Philadelphia Times. November 7, 1897. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Great Victory for Yale: She Plays a Brilliant Game, Defeating Princeton with a Score of 6 to 0". The New York Times. November 21, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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