1897 Dartmouth football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1897 Dartmouth football Dartmouth football 1897 league champions.jpg 285 Triangular Football League TFL 4–3 2–0 William Wurtenburg 3rd John B. Eckstorm Alumni Oval TFL champion The 1897 Dartmouth football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1897 college football season.1897 Dartmouth College football scores and results https://web.archive.org/web/20151208052324/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/dartmouth/1895-1899_yearly_results.php December 8, 2015 . College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 4, 2013. Dartmouth played only seven games during the 1897 season, the fewest of any year under head coach William Wurtenburg. The squad completed the year with a mediocre 4–3 record. Despite going 2–0 in conference games, the team lost three consecutive games in major shutouts. The season began with a shutout of Phillips Exeter Academy, but quickly turned for the worse. Harvard returned to Dartmouth's schedule and defeated them 13–0. The loss was followed by blowout defeats by Penn and Princeton, with Dartmouth losing by combined score of 64–0. The squad took a week-long break, which allowed them to recover and defeat conference opponents 1897 Amherst Lord Jeffs Amherst and Williams by more than fifty points in each game to win a fifth consecutive championship. As with the previous year, the season concluded with a defeat of the Newton Athletic Club.Staff 2013 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2585&year=1897 William Wurtenburg coaching record1897 William C. "Bill" Wurtenburg Records by Year College Football Data Warehouse December 4, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424200318/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2585&year=1897 April 24, 2014 dead Several members of the team would later become college football coaches, including John B. Eckstorm, Joseph Wentworth, Frank Cavanaugh, David Carr MacAndrew, Joseph H. Edwards, Fred Crolius, and Charles J. Boyle. Schedule October 2 w y 1897 Phillips Exeter Academy Phillips Exeter Academy Alumni Oval Hanover, NH 34–0 Dartmouth 34, Exeter 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98184352/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 3, 1897 1 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com Dartmouth 34, Exeter 0 (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98184438/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 3, 1897 4 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com October 9 l y y Harvard Soldiers' Field Boston, MA rivalry 0–13 5,000 Harvard Wins Easily: Dartmouth Is Outgeneraled and Beaten By Score of 13 to 0 The Boston Globe October 10, 1897 1 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-10-1897-p-69/ NewspaperARCHIVE October 16 3:21 p.m. l y y Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 0–34 5,000 The Quakers's Play Was A Revelation https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98184588/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 17, 1897 8 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com October 30 3:10 p.m. l y y Princeton Osborne Field Princeton, NJ 0–30 2,000 Tigers Run Thirty On Dartmouth's Team https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98184862/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 31, 1897 11 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com Tigers' Strong Game: Show the Best Form Against Dartmouth Thus Far Evinced This Season The Philadelphia Times October 31, 1897 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16532140/tigers_strong_game_show_the_best_form/ Newspapers.com November 13 w Amherst Hanover, NH 54–0 Dartmouth Won https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98185047/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 14, 1897 6 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com November 20 w y Williams Weston Field Williamstown, MA 52–0 Easily Won https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98185196/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 21, 1897 21 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com November 25 w y y Newton Athletic Club Newton A. C. grounds Newton, MA 24–0 Dartmouth The Victor https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98185347/the-burlington-free-press/ The Burlington Free Press Burlington, Vermont November 26, 1897 2 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com References Dartmouth Category:Dartmouth Big Green football seasons Category:Triangular Football League champion seasons Dartmouth football