1897 Storrs Aggies football team

1897 Storrs Aggies football
1897 Storrs Aggies football
Conference	Athletic League of New England State Colleges
1897 record	5–3 (1–1 New England)
Head coach	None;
Home stadium	Athletic Fields
	Seasons ← 1896 1898 →

The 1897 Storrs Aggies football team represented Storrs Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1897 college football season. This was the second year that the school fielded a football team. The Aggies completed the season with a record of 5–2, playing for the first time as a member of the Athletic League of New England State Colleges, which served to facilitate scheduling between Connecticut, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Rhode Island. The 1897 season marked the first contests against these two rivals.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	at Norwich Free Academy*	Norwich, CT	L 4–12
October 6	Willimantic YMCA*	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 16–0
October 9	at New London A. C.*	New London, CT	W 10–8
October 16	*	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 10–4
October 23	vs. Rhode Island	New London, CT (rivalry)	W 22–8
October 30	Willimantic YMCA*	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 30–0
November 6	at Massachusetts	Alumni Field Amherst, MA (rivalry)	L 0–36
*Non-conference game

References[]

^ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 118. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
^ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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[1] 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 118. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[2] "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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