1897 LSU Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1897 LSU Tigers football LSU Football 1897 team-1.jpg 285 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA 1–1 0–0 Allen Jeardeau 2nd Edwin A. Scott State Field The 1897 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Coach Allen Jeardeau returned for his second but final year at LSU in 1897 for two games in Baton Rouge. A yellow fever outbreak throughout the South caused the postponement of LSU's classes starting and the football season being cut back to only two games. Schedule December 20 w y Montgomery Athletic Club State Field Baton Rouge, LA 28–6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-picayune-baton-rouge-easily-de/146212067/ The Daily Picayune Baton Rouge easily defeats Montgomery December 21, 1897 April 28, 2024 Newspapers.com January 3 3:34 p.m. l y Cincinnati State Field Baton Rouge, LA 0–28 Baton Rouge Was Outclassed https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42206921/baton_rouge_was_outclassed/ The Daily Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana January 4, 1898 9 January 13, 2020 Newspapers.com Roster No. Player Position Height Weight Hometown High School - William Benjamin Chamberlin - - - DeVall, LA - - Edmund Auguste M. Chavanne Center - - Lake Charles, LA - - Armand P. Daspit Halfback - - Houma, LA - - Justin C. Daspit Halfback - - Houma, LA - - Frank A. Godchaux Quarterback - - Baton Rouge, LA - - William C. Howell End - - St. Francisville, LA - - Phillip P. Huyck Guard - - Baton Rouge, LA - - Leopold Kaffie Center - - Natchitoches, LA - - George B. Lesueur - - - Baton Rouge, LA - - Julius M. Levy - - - Evergreen, LA - - Gordon B. Nicholson Halfback - - Baton Rouge, LA - - Edwin A. Scott - - - Wilson, LA - - Thomas L. Sherburne Guard - - Baton Rouge, LA - - William S. Slaughter End - - Port Hudson, LA - - Duncan P. Staples - - - Alexandria, LA - - John T. Westbrook End - - Baton Rouge, LA - Roster from Fanbase.comhttp://www.fanbase.com/LSU-Fighting-Tigers-Football-1897/roster LSU Tigers Football | Fanbase is your source for sports news and athlete information 2015-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721025437/http://www.fanbase.com/lsu-fighting-tigers-football-1897/roster/ 2015-07-21 dead and LSU: The Louisiana TigersHardesty, Dan. "LSU: The Louisiana Tigers". The Strode Publishers. Huntsville, Alabama. 1975. P. 334-345. References LSU Category:LSU Tigers football seasons LSU Tigers football