1897 Pittsburgh College football team

American college football season

1897 Pittsburgh College football

Conference| Independent
Record| 4–5–2
Head coach|

* J. P. Wolfe (1st season)

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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 Pittsburgh College football team was an American football team that represented Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost—now known as Duquesne University—during the 1897 college football season. It was the first Pittsburgh College team to consist entirely of students from the college.[1] J. P. Wolfe served in his first and only season as the team's head coach.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 1| Pittsburgh High School|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 6–2| | [2]
October 2| Cottage Club|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 12–0| | [3]
October 9| Bethany (WV)|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 14–0| | [4][5]
October 13| at Latrobe Athletic Association| Latrobe, PA| L 0–22| | [6]
October 16| at Washington & Jefferson|

* College Park
* Washington, PA

| L 0–24| 400| [7][8]
October 23| at Geneva| Beaver Falls, PA| L 5–26| | [9]
October 30| West Virginia|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| T 0–0| | [10]
November 6| at Washington & Jefferson|

* College Park
* Washington, PA

| L 0–36| | [11][12]
November 13| Marquette Athletic Club|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 38–0| | [13][14]
November 20| McKees Rocks Indians|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| L 4–6| | [15][16]
November 25| Wheeling Athletic Club| Wheeling, WV| T 6–6| > 1,000| [17]

## References

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1. ^ "Duquesne 2009 Football" (PDF). goduquesne.com. Duquesne University. p. 44. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
2. ^ "Pittsburg College Wins". The Pittsburg Post. October 2, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Ended in a Dispute". The Pittsburgh Post. October 3, 1897. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Victory for P. C. A. C." The Pittsburgh Press. October 10, 1897. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Amateur Sports". The Pittsburg Press. October 9, 1897. p. 6 – via Google News Archive.
6. ^ "Latrobe the Winner". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. October 14, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Great Work Against W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ "Lacked The Weight". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
9. ^ "Pittsburgh College Beaten". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
10. ^ "Neither Side Scored". The Pittsburg Press. October 31, 1897. p. 12 – via Google News Archive.
11. ^ "W. & J. Increase Their Score". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
12. ^ "Easy For Wash.-Jeff". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
13. ^ "Fooled the Marquettes". The Pittsburgh Post. November 7, 1897. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "Won in a Walkover". The Pittsburg Press. November 14, 1897. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
15. ^ "College Game Was Stormy". The Pittsburgh Post. November 21, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
16. ^ "Will Meet To-Day". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. November 20, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
17. ^ "Pittsburg[h] College All Right". The Pittsburgh Post. November 26, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

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