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1897 Dickinson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3–2
Head coach
Seasons
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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 6 0
Western Univ. Penn.     1 3 0

The 1897 Dickinson football team was an American football team that represented Dickinson College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team compiled a 7–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 146 to 69.[1] Nathan Stauffer was the team's head coach.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at Phoenix Athletic AssociationPhoenixville, PAW 2–0[2]
September 25SusquehannaCarlisle, PAW 18–0[3]
October 2CarlisleCarlisle, PAL 0–36600–700[4][5]
October 9at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAW 20–4[6]
October 16at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 6–5[7]
October 20at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–5[8]
October 23VillanovaCarlisle, PAW 50–0500[9]
November 2vs. York Y.M.C.A.Philadelphia, PAT 0–0[10]
November 6Mount St. Mary'sCarlisle, PAT 0–0[11][12]
November 13at Lafayette
L 0–19[13]
November 20Franklin & MarshallCarlisle, PAW 42–0[14]
November 25vs. Penn StateSunbury, PAW 6–0[15]

References

  1. ^ "1897 Dickinson Red Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Here's Your Eye Opener". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 9, 1897. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Dickinson Wins: Defeats Susquehanna University By the Score of 18-0 Before Large Crowd". The Sentinel. September 27, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Carlisle Indians Defeat Dickinson". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 3, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Indians Win: Dickinson Defeated by the Indians to the Tune of 36-0". The Sentinel. October 4, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Dickinson Defeats Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Times. October 18, 1897. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dickinson Downs Haverford: One of the Hottest Games of the Season Decided by a Point". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 1897. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Holderness Won for Lehigh". The Philadelphia Times. October 21, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Villa Nova and Dickinson". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 24, 1897. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Dickinson Plays a Tie Game: Out Play York Y.M.C.A., But Neither Side Score". The Sentinel. November 3, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Saturday's Football Games". Carlisle Evening Herald. November 8, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Dickinson's Tie Game". The Sentinel. November 8, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Lafayette 19, Dickinson 0". The Pittsburgh Press. November 14, 1897. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Franklin and Marshall Outclassed". The Philadelphia Times. November 21, 1897. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Dickinson 6, State 0: The Carlisle Team Too Much for State College". The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA). November 26, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.