1897 Vermont Green and Gold football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1897 Vermont Green and Gold football Independent 3–0–2 William Farrar 1st Athletic Park The 1897 Vermont Green and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In their first year under head coach William Farrar, the team compiled a 3–0–2 record. This season is often cited in official University of Vermont records as the school's first football season.VERMONT FOOTBALL '74 Including Soccer and Cross Country, p. 16. Schedule October 16 t Rutland Institute Athletic Park Burlington, VT 0–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86064968/institute-plats-a-tie-game-with-the-univ/ Institute plats a tie game with the University of Vermont Rutland Daily Herald October 17, 1897 September 27, 2021 Newspapers.com October 23 w 1897 Middlebury Panthers Middlebury Athletic Park Burlington, VT 14–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86065145/uvm-wins-the-first-of-the-games-with/ U.V.M. wins the first of the games with Middlebury Rutland Daily Herald October 25, 1897 September 27, 2021 Newspapers.com September 27, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210927141327/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86065145/uvm-wins-the-first-of-the-games-with/ live October 25 t Montpelier Seminary Athletic Park Burlington, VT 10–10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86065500/seminary-foot-ball-team/ Seminary foot-ball team Argus and Patriot October 27, 1897 September 27, 2021 Newspapers.com September 27, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210927141321/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86065500/seminary-foot-ball-team/ live October 30 w Rutland Institute Athletic Park Burlington, VT 12–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86065588/the-game-at-burlington/ The game at Burlington Rutland Daily Herald November 1, 1897 September 27, 2021 Newspapers.com September 27, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210927141320/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86065588/the-game-at-burlington/ live November 6 w 1897 Norwich Cadets Norwich Athletic Park Burlington, VT 62–4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86065668/varsitys-mammoth-score-norwich-badly-d/ Varsity's mammoth score, Norwich badly defeated in Saturday's game The Burlington Free Press November 8, 1897 September 27, 2021 Newspapers.com References Vermont Category:Vermont Catamounts football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Vermont Green and Gold football