1897 Arizona Normal Normals football team

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The 1897 Arizona Normal Normals football team was an American football team that represented the Arizona Normal School (later renamed Arizona State University) as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In its first season of varsity football, the Tempe Normal team compiled a 0–1 record, losing to the Phoenix Indian School by a 38 to 20 score.[1] The team captain was Walter Shute.[2][3]

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1897 Arizona Normal Normals football
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1899 â†’
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1897 Far West college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Oregon Agricultural â€“ 5–0–0
Washington Agricultural â€“ 2–0–0
Wyoming â€“ 2–0–0
USC â€“ 5–1–0
Stanford â€“ 4–1–0
New Mexico A&M â€“ 1–0–1
Oregon â€“ 1–1–0
Montana â€“ 1–2–3
Washington â€“ 1–2–0
Montana Agricultural â€“ 1–3–0
California â€“ 0–3–2
Utah â€“ 1–5–0
Arizona Normal â€“ 0–1–0
Idaho â€“ 0–1–0
Nevada State â€“ 0–1–0
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The Arizona Normal football program was organized by Frederick M. Irish who came to Arizona Normal School in 1896 as a science teacher after graduating from the University of Iowa. He remained the football coach at Arizona Normal for the program's first seven years.[4]

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October 16Phoenix Indian SchoolTempe, Arizona TerritoryL 20–38[1]
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