1897 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1897 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 10–1 record. The Tigers won their first ten games by a combined score of 339 to 0, but then lost the last game of the season by a 6–0 score against Yale.[1] Two Princeton players, halfback Addison Kelly and end Garrett Cochran, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1897 College Football All-America Team.[2]

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1897 Princeton Tigers football
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CaptainGarrett Cochran
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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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Princeton v Yale game
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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 LehighW 43–0 [3]
October 6 Rutgers
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 53–0 [4]
October 9at NavyW 28–03,000[5]
October 13 Penn State
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 34–0 [6]
October 16 Carlisle
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 18–08,000[7]
October 20 Franklin & Marshall
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 54–0 [8]
October 23at Cornell
W 10–07,000[9]
October 27 Elizabeth A.C.
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 12–0 [10]
October 303:10 p.m. Dartmouth
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 30–02,000[11][12]
November 6 Lafayette
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 57–04,500[13]
November 20at Yale L 0–618,000[14]
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