1897 Lincoln Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1897 Lincoln Tigers football team represented Lincoln Instituteânow known as Lincoln Universityâin Jefferson City, Missouri and competed with other midwestern HBCU's during the 1897 college football season. This was the second season that Lincoln fielded a football team. The Tigers of Lincoln played the Excelsior football team of Columbia. Information regarding this season is sparse.
ConferenceMidwestern Black Schools and HBCU's
Record0â1 (0â0 or 0â1 Midwestern Black Schools and HBCU's)
| 1897 Lincoln Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Midwestern Black Schools and HBCU's |
| Record | 0â1 (0â0 or 0â1 Midwestern Black Schools and HBCU's) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lincoln High School (KC) $ | 1 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western University | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lincoln (MO) | 0 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| November 16 | Excelsior football team of Columbia | L 0â24 | [1] |
