1897 Chicago Athletic Association football team
American football team season
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The 1897 Chicago Athletic Association football team was an American football team representing the Chicago Athletic Association (CAA). The team finished with a 10â1â1 record and held all opponents scoreless except for Yale, the only team to beat the CAA. Fullback Phil Draper was the team captain, replacing the previous season's captain William Hale Thompson, who was made manager.[1][2] The team played its home games at Washington Park Race Track in Chicago.
| 1897 Chicago Athletic Association football | |
|---|---|
| League | Independent |
| Record | 10â1â1 |
| Manager | |
| Captain |
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| Home field | Washington Park Race Track |
Seasons | |
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 18 | at Waukegan Athletic Association | Waukegan, IL | W 10â0 | [3] |
| September 25 | First Regiment | W 14â0 | [4][5] | |
| October 9 | South Bend Commercial-Athletic Club |
| W 32â0 | [6] |
| October 16 | Illinois Cycling Club |
| W 6â0 | [7] |
| October 20 | at Northwestern[note 1] |
| T 0â0 | [12] |
| October 21 | at Northwestern[note 1] |
| W 4â0 | [13] |
| October 23 | Racine Athletic Club |
| W 44â0 | [14] |
| October 30 | at Newton Athletic Association | Newton Centre, MA | W 36â0 | [15] |
| November 6 | at Yale | L 6â16 | [16] | |
| November 13 | at Orange Athletic Club | Orange, NJ | W 6â0 | [17] |
| November 20 | Illinois Cycling Club |
| W 22â0 | [18] |
| November 25 | New Jersey Athletic Club |
| W 52â0 | [19] |
Notes
- The two games against Northwestern were practice games that were closed to the public. College Football Data Warehouse includes these two games in the CAA season record.[8] The games do not appear in the record of CAA games as compiled by the Bankers Athletic Club (published in the Chicago Inter Ocean, December 5, and corrected on December 7).[9][10] Northwestern University does not include the two games in its official season records.[11]