The 1897 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 10–1 record. The Tigers won their first ten games by a combined score of 339 to 0, but then lost the last game of the season by a 6–0 score against Yale.[1] Two Princeton players, halfback Addison Kelly and end Garrett Cochran, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1897 College Football All-America Team.[2]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 2 | Lehigh | | W 43–0 | | [3]
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| October 6 | Rutgers | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
| W 53–0 | | [4]
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| October 9 | at Navy | | W 28–0 | 3,000 | [5]
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| October 13 | Penn State | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 34–0 | | [6]
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| October 16 | Carlisle | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 18–0 | 8,000 | [7]
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| October 20 | Franklin & Marshall | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 54–0 | | [8]
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| October 23 | at Cornell | | W 10–0 | 7,000 | [9]
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| October 27 | Elizabeth A.C. | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 12–0 | | [10]
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| October 30 | Dartmouth | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 30–0 | | [11]
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| November 6 | Lafayette | - University Field
- Princeton, NJ
| W 57–0 | 4,500 | [12]
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| November 20 | at Yale | | L 0–6 | 18,000 | [13]
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References[]
- ↑ "1897 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1897-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Award Winners". NCAA. 2012. pp. 2-4. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf.
- ↑ "The Champion Princeton Team Opens the Season with an Easy Victory Over Lehigh: Tigers Scored 43 to 0". The New York Times: p. 6. October 3, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16524214/the_champion_princeton_team_opens_the/.
- ↑ "Tigers Score 53 Points: Yes, But the Rutgers Team Was Not Much to Beat". The Philadelphia Inquirer: p. 4. October 7, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16524269/tigers_score_53_points_yes_but_the/.
- ↑ "Naval Cadets Make a Plucky Fight Against Princeton, but Are Beaten 28 to 0". The New York Times: p. 6. October 10, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16524563/naval_cadets_make_a_plucky_fight/.
- ↑ "Scares the Tigers: State Almost Scores Twice Against Princeton’s Team". Chicago Tribune: p. 4. October 14, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16524621/scares_the_tigers_state_almost_scores/.
- ↑ "Indians and Tigers Fought Fiercely: Victory for Princeton Came After Much Effort and Injured Men". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 9. October 17, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16524692/indians_and_tigers_fought_fiercely/.
- ↑ "Tigers Score Heavily: Roll Up 54 Points, But F. and M. Is Very Weak". The Philadelphia Inquirer: p. 4. October 21, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16524801/tigers_score_heavily_roll_up_54/.
- ↑ "Tigers Badly Scared: Princeton Went to Ithaca Expecting to Have an Easy Time". The World (New York): p. 11. October 24, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16525147/tigers_badly_scared_princeton_went_to/.
- ↑ "Tigers Hard Pushed: Elizabeth’s Strong Team Made Princeton Work Hard to Beat Them". The World (New York): p. 10. October 28, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16525254/tigers_hard_pushed_elizabeths/.
- ↑ "Tigers' Strong Game: Show the Best Form Against Dartmouth Thus Far Evinced This Season". The Philadelphia Times: p. 11. October 31, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16532140/tigers_strong_game_show_the_best_form/.
- ↑ "Tigers Scored Almost at Will: Administer an Overwhelming Defeat to the Lafayette Team". The Philadelphia Times: p. 11. November 7, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16532313/tigers_scored_almost_at_will/.
- ↑ "Great Victory for Yale: She Plays a Brilliant Game, Defeating Princeton with a Score of 6 to 0". The New York Times: p. 1. November 21, 1897. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16524129/great_victory_for_yale_she_plays_a/.
