1897 Fairmount Wheatshockers football team

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1897 Fairmount Wheatshockers football
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1897 record1–0
Head coach
CaptainDowd
Seasons
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 Fairmount Wheatshockers football team was an American football team that represented Fairmount College (now known as Wichita State University) as an independent during the 1897 college football season.[1] They played in one game, a 12 to 4 win over Wichita High School.[2] Their coach was T. H. Morrison.

They played their one game at Wichita High School, on Garfield Gridiron.[3] It was played in front of "over 1,000".[4] The first half was 35 minutes long and the second was 25 minutes.[4] Their team captain was Dowd and their quarterback was Frank Hunter.[4] The opening kickoff was sent to the Fairmount 35 and was returned 10 yards by Gohegan. The high school later forced a fumble which was followed by "a beautiful run" by Sheldon which gained 60 yards.[4] The high school was unable to score on their drive as they were continually forced backwards and eventually committed a safety.[4] That made the score 2 to 0 Fairmount. About 13 minutes later Fairmount scored their first touchdown, which was worth 4 points with the conversion.[4] The teams would then exchange possessions until the half ended. The second half started at 4:01 p.m. and started with a Fairmount kickoff.[4] On the drive Wichita was able to score their first and only touchdown.[4] With a few minutes remaining, Fairmount scored another touchdown to end the game, 12 to 4.[4]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 203:00 p.m.at Wichita High School
W 12–4over 1,000[5]

Roster[]

1897 Fairmount Wheatshockers roster

Quarterbacks 

  • Frank Hunter

Halfbacks

  • Izey RH
  • Sheldon LH
 Fullbacks 
  • Gohegan

Ends

  • Feas RE
  • Andrews LE
  • Tyrell Elberson ?
  • Robinson ?
 Guards 
  • Dowd RG (Captain)
  • Orville Franz LG

Tackles

  • Kimball RT
  • Fleming LT

Centers

  • Kinzie

Head Coach 


Rookies in italics


[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Wichita St. Game by Game Results". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06.
  2. ^ "In the game last Saturday at Wichita between the football elevens of Fairmount college and the Wichita high school, the former team won, by a score of 12 to 4. Orville Frantz, left guard, and Frank Hunter, quarter-back on the college team both distinguished themselves by good playing". . November 25, 1897 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The High school and Fairmount football teams will contest for honors next Saturday afternoon on the Garfield campus". The Wichita Eagle. November 16, 1897 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "COLLEGE BOYS WIN". The Wichita Eagle. November 21, 1897. and "Untitled". The Wichita Eagle. November 21, 1897 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fairmount Wins". Wichita Beacon. November 22, 1897. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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