1897 Maryland Aggies football team
American college football season
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The 1897 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1897 college football season.[1] The team was led by second-year head coach Grenville Lewis.[2]
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| Conference | Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association |
| Record | 2â4 (0â3 MIFA) |
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| Captain | John Lillibridge |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gallaudet $ | 3 | â | 0 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| October 16 | Central High School* | College Park, MD | W 24â6 |
| October 20 | Eastern High School* | College Park, MD | W 4â0 |
| October 30 | Johns Hopkins | College Park, MD | L 6â30 |
| November 13 | at St. John's (MD) | Annapolis, MD | L 4â6 |
| November 17 | Gallaudet | College Park, MD | L 6â16 |
| November 20 | at Baltimore Medical* | L 0â10 | |
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Players
The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:[3]
- James Blandford, guard
- William Bouscaren, halfback
- Dorsey Cashell, guard
- Grant C. Church, end
- Sam Cooke, fullback
- Charles Gibbons, halfback
- Wade Hinebaugh, end
- Frank Kenly, quarterback
- John Lillibridge, end and captain-coach
- Charles Ridgeley, tackle/fullback
- James Shipley, center
Non-letterwinners:[4]
- Fred Bell, tackle
- Vernon Rollins, tackle
- Ed Speake, tackle
- Bob Hildebrand, guard
- Harry Stanford, guard
- Hanson Mitchell, quarterback
- Levin Dericksen, halfback
- George Peterson, halfback
Manager:
- John Mitchell