1897 Maryland Aggies football team

1897 Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1897 Maryland Aggies football
1897 Maryland Aggies football
Conference	Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association
1897 record	2–4 (0–3 MIFA)
Head coach	John Lillibridge (1st season);
Captain	John Lillibridge
	Seasons ← 1896 1898 →

The 1897 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1897 college football season.^[1] The team was led by second-year head coach Grenville Lewis.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 16	Central High School*	College Park, MD	W 24–6
October 20	Eastern High School*	College Park, MD	W 4–0
October 30	Johns Hopkins	College Park, MD	L 6–30
November 13	at St. John's (MD)	Annapolis, MD	L 4–6
November 17	Gallaudet	College Park, MD	L 6–16
November 20	at Baltimore Medical*	Electric Park Baltimore, MD	L 0–10
*Non-conference game

Players[]

The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:^[3]

James Blandford, guard
William Bouscaren, halfback
Dorsey Cashell, guard
Grant C. Church, end
Sam Cooke, fullback
Charles Gibbons, halfback
Wade Hinebaugh, end
Frank Kenly, quarterback
John Lillibridge, end and captain-coach
Charles Ridgeley, tackle/fullback
James Shipley, center

Non-letterwinners:^[4]

Fred Bell, tackle
Vernon Rollins, tackle
Ed Speake, tackle
Bob Hildebrand, guard
Harry Stanford, guard
Hanson Mitchell, quarterback
Levin Dericksen, halfback
George Peterson, halfback

Manager:

John Mitchell

References[]

^ David Ungrady, Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, 2003, p. 5, Sports Publishing LLC.
^ All-Time Coaching Record Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 25, 2010.
^ All-Time Lettermen, p. 17–22, 2007 Terrapin Football Record Book, University of Maryland, 2007.
^ Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952, p. 30, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.

[ungrady5-1] David Ungrady, Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, 2003, p. 5, Sports Publishing LLC.

[2] All-Time Coaching Record Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 25, 2010.

[guide-3] All-Time Lettermen, p. 17–22, 2007 Terrapin Football Record Book, University of Maryland, 2007.

[4] Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952, p. 30, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.

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1897 Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Gallaudet $	3	–	0	–	1	4	–	1	–	1
Maryland	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion