1897 Missouri Tigers football team

1897 Midwestern college football independents records
v t	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 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In its first season under head coach Charles Young, the team compiled an 5–6 record.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 4	Warrensburg Teachers	Rollins Field Columbia, MO	W 10–0
October 9	at Kansas City Medics	Kansas City, MO	L 0–4
October 11	at Warrensburg Teachers	Warrensburg, MO	L 0–10
October 18	Iowa Wesleyan	Rollins Field Columbia, MO	W 6–4
October 30	at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	L 0–41
November 1	at Tarkio	Tarkio, MO	L 0–34
November 2	at Amity	Coin, IA	W 8–4
November 5	Westminster	Rollins Field Columbia, MO	W 60–0
November 13	at Purdue	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	L 12–30
November 15	at Christian Brothers	Memphis, TN	W 16–0
November 25	vs. Kansas	Kansas City, MO	L 0–16

^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 38. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

v t Missouri Tigers football
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Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State (Telephone Trophy) Kansas: Border War Nebraska (Victory Bell) Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)
Culture and lore	Truman the Tiger Marching Mizzou 1911 Kansas game Fifth Down Game (1990) Flea Kicker
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders
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