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1897 Haverford football team

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1897 Haverford football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
  • Thomas Branson
CaptainHaines
Seasons
 1896
1898 
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  1500
Princeton  1010
Washington & Jefferson  1010
Yale  902
Buffalo  910
Harvard  1011
Army  611
Vermont  302
Lafayette  921
Drexel  621
Colgate  521
Dickinson  732
Swarthmore  732
Fordham  211
Cornell  531
Syracuse  531
Brown  740
Carlisle  640
Boston College  430
Holy Cross  431
Wesleyan  870
Bucknell  331
NYU  330
Temple  330
Trinity (CT)  441
Tufts  670
Geneva  341
Pittsburgh College  352
Villanova  351
Penn State  360
Franklin & Marshall  262
Lehigh  370
New Hampshire  250
Rutgers  250
Western Univ. Penn.  130

The 1897 Haverford football team was an American football team that represented Haverford College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 153 to 22.[1] Thomas Branson was the coach, and Varney was the captain.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at DelawareNewark, DEW 16–0[3]
October 9UrsinusHaverford, PAW 18–0[4]
October 16DickinsonHaverford, PAL 5–6[5]
October 20at Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MDW 10–0[6]
October 23DelawareHaverford, PAW 48–0[7]
October 27RutgersHaverford, PAW 28–0[8]
October 30Franklin & MarshallHaverford, PAW 12–10[9]
November 13SwarthmoreHaverford, PA (rivalry)W 8–62,000[10]
November 25at Pennsylvania Military
W 10–0[11]

References

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  1. "Haverford (PA) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2021 via archive.org.
  2. "Foot-Ball at Haverford: The Season Opens One Day Later Than Expected -- The Schedule". The Philadelphia Times. September 26, 1897. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Haverford and Delaware College". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1897. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Haverford, 18; Ursinus, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 10, 1897. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Dickinson Downs Haverford: One of the Hottest Games of the Season Decided by a Point". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 1897. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Johns Hopkins University Team Plays Its First Game With Haverford College and Loses Ten to Nothing". The Baltimore Sun. October 21, 1897. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Haverford Hopes to Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 24, 1897. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Haverford, 28; Rutgers, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1897. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Franklin and Marshall Defeated at Haverford by Two Points". The Lancaster Morning News. November 1, 1897. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Haverford Won Annual Game". The Philadelphia Times. November 14, 1897. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Haverford Surprised". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 27, 1897. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.