1897 Haverford football team

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The 1897 Haverford football team was an American football team that represented Haverford College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 153 to 22.[1] Thomas Branson was the coach, and Varney was the captain.[2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Headcoach
  • Thomas Branson
CaptainHaines
Quick facts Haverford football, Conference ...
1897 Haverford football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
  • Thomas Branson
CaptainHaines
Seasons
← 1896
1898 â†’
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1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn â€“ 15–0–0
Princeton â€“ 10–1–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 10–1–0
Yale â€“ 9–0–2
Buffalo â€“ 9–1–0
Harvard â€“ 10–1–1
Army â€“ 6–1–1
Vermont â€“ 3–0–2
Lafayette â€“ 9–2–1
Drexel â€“ 6–2–1
Colgate â€“ 5–2–1
Dickinson â€“ 7–3–2
Swarthmore â€“ 7–3–2
Fordham â€“ 2–1–1
Cornell â€“ 5–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–3–1
Brown â€“ 7–4–0
Carlisle â€“ 6–4–0
Boston College â€“ 4–3–0
Holy Cross â€“ 4–3–1
Wesleyan â€“ 8–7–0
Bucknell â€“ 3–3–1
NYU â€“ 3–3–0
Temple â€“ 3–3–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 4–4–1
Tufts â€“ 6–7–0
Geneva â€“ 3–4–1
Pittsburgh College â€“ 3–5–2
Villanova â€“ 3–5–1
Penn State â€“ 3–6–0
Amherst â€“ 2–6–2
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 2–6–2
Lehigh â€“ 3–7–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–5–0
Rutgers â€“ 2–5–0
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 1–3–0
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at DelawareNewark, DEW 16–0[3]
October 9UrsinusHaverford, PAW 18–0[4]
October 16DickinsonHaverford, PAL 5–6[5]
October 20at Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MDW 10–0[6]
October 23DelawareHaverford, PAW 48–0[7]
October 27RutgersHaverford, PAW 28–0[8]
October 30Franklin & MarshallHaverford, PAW 12–10[9]
November 13SwarthmoreHaverford, PA (rivalry)W 8–62,000[10]
November 25at Pennsylvania Military
W 10–0[11]
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