1897 Cincinnati football team

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1897 Cincinnati football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record9–1–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Bass
Home stadiumUnion Ball Park
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler   –   3 – 0 – 0
Fairmount   –   1 – 0 – 0
Washburn   –   7 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   9 – 1 – 1
Iowa State Normal   –   5 – 1 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan   –   7 – 1 – 1
Indiana   –   6 – 1 – 1
Ohio   –   7 – 2 – 0
Carthage   –   3 – 1 – 0
Iowa Agricultural   –   3 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   4 – 1 – 1
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 2 – 1
Central Michigan   –   2 – 1 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   2 – 1 – 1
Chicago Dental Infirmary   –   2 – 2 – 1
Missouri   –   5 – 6 – 0
Lake Forest   –   4 – 5 – 1
Drake   –   2 – 3 – 0
Heidelberg   –   2 – 3 – 0
Detroit College   –   1 – 2 – 0
Indiana State   –   1 – 2 – 0
Kansas State   –   1 – 2 – 1
Mount Union   –   2 – 4 – 1
Rush Medical College   –   1 – 4 – 1
DePauw   –   2 – 6 – 0
Wittenberg   –   2 – 6 – 0
Haskell   –   1 – 4 – 0
Ohio State   –   1 – 7 – 1
South Dakota State   –   0 – 1 – 0
Washington University   –   0 – 2 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1897 Cincinnati football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In their first season under head coach Tom Fennell, the Bearcats compiled a 9–1–1 record. William Bass was the team captain. The team played its home games at Union Ball Park in Cincinnati.[1][2]

Following their regular season schedule, which they completed with a record of 7–1–1, losing only to the Carlisle Indians, Cincinnati played two post-season games in New Orleans. The Bearcats were invited to New Orleans by the Southern Athletic Club to play a football game on New Year's Day. Cincinnati easily defeated the Athletic Club team, and at the victory party following the win, students from nearby Louisiana State University (LSU) invited the Cincinnati players to come to their school to play another game. The Cincinnati–LSU game, which took place a few days later and pre-dated the first Rose Bowl Game by five years, resulted in a 28–0 (exact score varies by source) Cincinnati win.[3] This game could be considered, the school's athletic department contemplates, as the first bowl game in Cincinnati football history.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25at OhioAthens, OHW 12–0
October 2at Nashville GuardsNashville, TNT 6–6
October 9at Miami (OH)Oxford, OH (Victory Bell)W 6–0
October 16at CentreDanville, KYW 4–0
October 23Ohio National Guard
W 20–0
October 30Miami (OH)
W 10–6
November 6Centre
  • Union Ball Park
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 10–0
November 13Ohio State
  • Union Ball Park
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 24–0
November 25Carlisle
  • Union Ball Park
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 0–10
January 1, 1898at New Orleans Southern ACNew Orleans, LAW 16–0
January 3, 1898at LSU
W 28–0

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References[]

  1. ^ "Cincinnati Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "2009 University of Cincinnati Football Media Guide" (PDF). gobearcats.com. University of Cincinnati. 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Year-by-Year scores (PDF) Cincinnati Sports Information Department, 2006 Football Media Guide, Page 31. Accessed December 30, 2007. Archived October 8, 2009.
  4. ^ "1897 Football Schedule". University of Cincinnati Athletics. Retrieved Mar 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "Cincinnati Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2019.

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