1897 Haverford football team

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1897 Haverford Fords football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record8–1
Head coach
  • Thomas Branson
CaptainHaines
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1897 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   15 – 0 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   10 – 1 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 2
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   –   2 – 3 – 1
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 – 6 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 3 – 0

The 1897 Haverford football team was an American football team that represented Haverford College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 153 to 22.[1] Thomas Branson was the coach, and Varney was the captain.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at DelawareNewark, DEW 16–0[3]
October 9UrsinusHaverford, PAW 18–0[4]
October 16DickinsonHaverford, PAL 5–6[5]
October 20at Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MDW 10–0[6]
October 23DelawareHaverford, PAW 48–0[7]
October 27RutgersHaverford, PAW 28–0[8]
October 30Frankin & MarshallHaverford, PAW 12–10[9]
November 13SwarthmoreHaverford, PA (rivalry)W 8–62,000[10]
November 25at Pennsylvania Military
W 10–0[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Haverford (PA) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via archive.org.
  2. ^ "Foot-Ball at Haverford: The Season Opens One Day Later Than Expected -- The Schedule". The Philadelphia Times. September 26, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Haverford and Delaware College". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1897. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Haverford, 18; Ursinus, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 10, 1897. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Dickinson Downs Haverford: One of the Hottest Games of the Season Decided by a Point". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 1897. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Johns Hopkins University Team Plays Its First Game With Haverford College and Loses Ten to Nothing". The Baltimore Sun. October 21, 1897. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Haverford Hopes to Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 24, 1897. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Haverford, 28; Rutgers, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Franklin and Marshall Defeated at Haverford by Two Points". The Lancaster Morning News. November 1, 1897. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Haverford Won Annual Game". The Philadelphia Times. November 14, 1897. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Haverford Surprised". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 27, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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