1897 Lafayette football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1897 Lafayette football Independent 9–2–1 Parke H. Davis 3rd Charles Rinehart March Field The 1897 Lafayette football team represented Lafayette College in the 1897 college football season. Lafayette shut out eight opponents and finished with a 9–2–1 record in their third year under head coach Parke H. Davis. Significant games included victories over Penn State (24–0) and Lehigh (34–0 and 22–0), a 4–4 tie with Cornell, and losses to Princeton (0–57) and Penn (0–46). The 1895 Lafayette team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 256 to 113.1897 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 23, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/lafayette/1897-schedule.htmlLafayette Yearly Results (1895-1899) David DeLassus College Football Data Warehouse November 23, 2015 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/l/lafayette/1895-1899_yearly_results.php September 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906041126/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/l/lafayette/1895-1899_yearly_results.php dead Three Lafayette players received recognition on the 1897 College Football All-America Team. They are: guard Charles Rinehart (Walter Camp, 2nd team, Outing magazine, 1st team); halfback George B. Walbridge (Camp, 3rd team); and fullback Edward G. Bray (Outing, 2nd team).Camp's Champion Eleven: Chamberlin, Brown, De Saulles and Hall of Yale All-American Leaders New Haven Evening Register 1897-12-08A Brief Review of the Football Season The Outing Magazine Jan 1898 http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_31/outXXXI04/outXXXI04u.pdf Schedule y y September 27 at 1897 Bloomsburg Normal Bloomsburg Normal Bloomsburg, PA W 14-0 September 28 at 1897 Wyoming Seminary Wyoming Seminary Kingston, PA W 26-0 October 2 Penn State March Field Easton, PA W 24-0 October 6 at 1897 Franklin & Marshall Franklin & Marshall Lancaster, PA W 8-0 October 9 Temperance A.C. March Field Easton, PA W 64-0 October 16 Cornell March Field Easton, PA T 4-4 October 23 at Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA L 0-46 18,000 Pennsylvania Lays Out Lafayette Completely https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98187429/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 24, 1897 1 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com Pennsylvania Lays Out Lafayette (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98187542/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 24, 1897 8 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com Great Day For Penn https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98187814/the-philadelphia-times/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 24, 1897 1 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com Great Day For Penn (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98187904/the-philadelphia-times/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 24, 1897 2 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com October 30 Lehigh (rivalry) March Field Easton, PA W 34-0 November 6 at Princeton University Field Princeton, NJ L 0-57 4,500 Tigers Scored Almost at Will: Administer an Overwhelming Defeat to the Lafayette Team The Philadelphia Times November 7, 1897 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16532313/tigers_scored_almost_at_will/ Newspapers.com November 13 Dickinson March Field Easton, PA W 19-0 November 20 Wesleyan March Field Easton, PA W 41-6 November 25 at Lehigh Bethlehem, PA W 22-0 References Lafayette Category:Lafayette Leopards football seasons Lafayette football