1897 Colgate football team

American college football season

1897 Colgate football

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–2–1
Head coach|

* Charles B. Mason (1st season)

Captain| Walter Cramp

Seasons

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1898 ->

1897 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 15  | - | 0  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 2
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 1
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 2
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 1
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Dickinson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 2
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 2
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0
Trinity (CT) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 7  | - | 0
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Pittsburgh College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 2
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 2
Frankin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 2
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Western Univ. Penn. |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0

The 1897 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1897 college football season. The team captain for the 1897 season was Walter Cramp.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result

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September 25| at Cornell| Ithaca, NY (rivalry)| L 0–6
October 9| St. John's Military Academy| Hamilton, NY| W 6–0
October 16| Syracuse| Hamilton, NY (rivalry)| T 6–6
October 30| at Williams| Williamstown, MA| W 18–0
November 3| at Hobart| Auburn, NY| W 18–0
| Union (NY)| Hamilton, NY| W 6–0
November 13| at Hamilton| Utica, NY| W 12–6
November 25| at Rochester| Rochester, NY| L 0–8

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## References

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1. ^ "Reference at gocolgateraiders.com.s3.amazonaws.com" (PDF).
2. ^ "1897 Colgate Game-by-Game Records". Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017., College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved January 7, 2017.

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