1897 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1897 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainEmmett O. King
Home stadiumAthletic Field
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
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 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University during the 1897 college football season. In their second season under head coach Madison G. Gonterman, the Hoosiers compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored their opponents 150 to 32.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
Rose Polytechnic
T 6–6
Bedford Community College (IN)
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 40–0
October 17at Rose PolytechnicTerre Haute, INW 12–0
October 23Emmerich Manual High School
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 30–0
October 30at PurdueL 6–20
November 8DePauw
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 18–0
November 16Miami (OH)
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 22–6
November 25DePauw
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 16–0

References[]

  1. ^ "The "I" Men of Indiana – A Review of Our Athletic History". Indiana University Alumni Quarterly. October 1914. p. 416.
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