1897 college football season

American college football season August 2023 1897 1897 North Carolina football team.jpg 1897 North Carolina team 28 September 8 to November 27 PennsylvaniaYale Not awarded until 1935 The 1897 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Pennsylvania and Yale as having been selected national champions.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book 70 The National Collegiate Athletic Association August 2009 Indianapolis, IN 2009-10-16 Conference and program changes Conference establishments One conference played its final season in 1897: Western Interstate University Football Association – active since 1892 Membership changes School 1896 Conference 1897 Conference Arizona Normal Football Program Established Independent Central Colonels Independent SIAA Gallaudet BisonIndependentMIFA Conference standings Major conference standings Independents Minor conferences ConferenceChampion(s)Record Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kalamazoo 5–0 1897 Midwestern Black Schools and HBCU football standings yes Lincoln High School (KC) yes 1 0 0 1 0 0 1897 Western University (Kansas) Western University 0 1 0 0 1 0 Lincoln (MO) 0 0 0 0 1 0 yes yes Rankings 1897 college football rankings See also 1897 College Football All-America Team References November 28, 1897 Summary of Football — How the Big College Elevens Compare in Strength https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-1897-summary-of-college-football/161466038/ The Sun Pennsylvania and Yale as Even Match — Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, and West Point Next in Order