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1897 college football season 1897 North Carolina team
Champion(s) Pennsylvania Yale
← 1896 ·
football seasons
· 1898 →
The 1897 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Penn and Yale as having been selected national champions .[1]
Conference and program changes [ ]
Conference establishments [ ]
One conference played its final season in 1897:
Western Interstate University Football Association – active since 1892
Membership changes [ ]
School
1896 Conference
1897 Conference
Arizona Normal Football
Program Established
Independent
Central Colonels
Independent
SIAA
Gallaudet Bison
Independent
MIFA
Conference standings [ ]
Major conference standings [ ]
1897 Colorado Football Association standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Colorado $
2
–
0
–
0
7
–
1
–
0
Colorado Mines
1
–
1
–
0
2
–
2
–
0
Colorado College
0
–
2
–
0
3
–
5
–
0
1897 Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Gallaudet $
3
–
0
–
1
4
–
1
–
1
Maryland
0
–
3
–
0
2
–
4
–
0
1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Vanderbilt $
3
–
0
–
0
6
–
0
–
1
Georgia
2
–
0
–
0
2
–
1
–
0
Auburn
2
–
0
–
1
2
–
0
–
1
Tennessee
1
–
0
–
0
4
–
1
–
0
Central (KY)
1
��
1
–
0
1
–
2
–
0
Nashville
1
–
1
–
0
1
–
1
–
0
Alabama
0
–
0
–
0
1
–
0
–
0
Texas
0
–
0
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
LSU
0
–
0
–
0
1
–
1
–
0
Sewanee
1
–
2
–
1
1
–
3
–
1
Clemson
0
–
1
–
0
2
–
2
–
0
Cumberland (TN)
0
–
1
–
0
0
–
1
–
0
Georgia Tech
0
–
1
–
0
0
–
1
–
0
Mercer
0
–
1
–
0
0
–
1
–
1
Kentucky State College
0
–
2
–
0
2
–
4
–
0
SW Presbyterian
0
–
0
–
0
0
–
0
–
0
1897 Western Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Wisconsin $
3
–
0
–
0
9
–
1
–
0
Chicago
3
–
1
–
0
11
–
1
–
0
Michigan
2
–
1
–
0
6
–
1
–
1
Illinois
1
–
1
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
Purdue
1
–
2
–
0
5
–
3
–
1
Northwestern
0
–
2
–
0
5
–
3
–
0
Minnesota
0
–
3
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
1897 Western Interstate University Football Association standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Nebraska $
3
–
0
–
0
5
–
1
–
0
Kansas
2
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Iowa
0
–
2
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
Missouri
0
–
2
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Independents [ ]
1897 Eastern college football independents records
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
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
1897 Southern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Oklahoma
–
2
–
0
–
0
Arkansas
–
2
–
0
–
1
Navy
–
8
–
1
–
0
Virginia
–
6
–
2
–
1
Add-Ran
–
3
–
1
–
0
Washington and Lee
–
3
–
1
–
0
VPI
–
5
–
2
–
0
North Carolina
–
7
–
3
–
0
VMI
–
3
–
2
–
0
Guilford
–
2
–
1
–
0
West Virginia
–
5
–
4
–
1
Columbian
–
4
–
5
–
1
Davidson
–
1
–
1
–
0
Richmond
–
3
–
5
–
0
North Carolina A&M
–
1
–
2
–
0
Texas A&M
–
1
–
2
–
0
Delaware
–
1
–
5
–
1
William & Mary
–
0
–
1
–
0
Marshall
–
0
–
3
–
0
South Carolina
–
0
–
3
–
0
1897 Far West college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Oregon Agricultural
–
5
–
0
–
0
Washington Agricultural
–
2
–
0
–
0
Wyoming
–
2
–
0
–
0
USC
–
5
–
1
–
0
Stanford
–
4
–
1
–
0
New Mexico A&M
–
1
–
0
–
1
Oregon
–
1
–
1
–
0
Montana
–
1
–
2
–
3
Washington
–
1
–
2
–
0
Montana Agricultural
–
1
–
3
–
0
California
–
0
–
3
–
2
Utah
–
1
–
5
–
0
Arizona Normal
–
0
–
1
–
0
Nevada State
–
0
–
1
–
0
Minor conferences [ ]
Conference
Champion(s)
Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Kalamazoo
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