1897 Maryland Aggies football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1897 Maryland Aggies football 1897 Maryland football team.jpg 285 Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association MIFA 2–4 0–3 John Lillibridge 1st John Lillibridge The 1897 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1897 college football season.David Ungrady, Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, 2003, p. 5, Sports Publishing LLC. The team was led by second-year head coach Grenville Lewis.All-Time Coaching Record https://web.archive.org/web/20111118202718/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1378 2011-11-18 , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 25, 2010. Schedule Eastern October 16 w y Central High School College Park, MD 24–6 October 20 w y Eastern High School College Park, MD 4–0 October 30 l 1897 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays Johns Hopkins College Park, MD 6–30 November 13 l y 1897 St. John's Johnnies St. John's (MD) Annapolis, MD 4–6 November 17 l Gallaudet College Park, MD 6–16 November 20 l y y Baltimore Medical Electric Park Baltimore, MD 0–10 Players The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:All-Time Lettermen https://web.archive.org/web/20181026140910/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/md/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/07guide-11.pdf 2018-10-26 , p. 17–22, 2007 Terrapin Football Record Book, University of Maryland, 2007. 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:Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952, p. 30, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952. 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 References Maryland Category:Maryland Terrapins football seasons Maryland Aggies football