1897 Montana football team

v · d · e	Conf			Overall
1897 college football independents records
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Oregon Agricultural		–		5	–	0	–	0
Drexel		–		7	–	1	–	1
North Carolina		–		7	–	3	–	0
USC		–		5	–	1	–	0
Virginia		–		6	–	2	–	1
Stanford		–		4	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame		–		4	–	1	–	1
Washington Agricultural		–		2	–	0	–	0
Clemson		–		2	–	2	–	0
Oregon		–		1	–	1	–	0
Indiana State		–		1	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M		–		1	–	2	–	0
Washington		–		1	–	2	–	0
Montana		–		1	–	2	–	3
California		–		0	–	3	–	2
Utah		–		1	–	5	–	0

The 1897 Montana football team represented the University of Montana in the 1897 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Fred D. Smith.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 29	Missoula Athletic Club	Missoula, MT	T 0–0
October	Missoula Athletic Club	Missoula, MT	T 0–0
October	Missoula Athletic Club	Missoula, MT	T 0–0
November 12	Butte Business College	Missoula, MT	L 4–20
November 25	Montana State	Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	W 18–6
December 4	at Butte Business College	Butte, MT	L 10–28

v · d · eMontana Grizzlies football

Venues	Dornblaser Field (1968–1986) Washington–Grizzly Stadium (1986–present) Naranche Stadium (alternate, 1938–1950)

Bowls & rivalries	Brawl of the Wild (Montana State) Little Brown Stein (Idaho) EWU–UM Governors Cup (Eastern Washington)

Culture & lore	Monte "Up With Montana" University of Montana Grizzly Marching Band

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

National championship seasons in bold