1897 Trinity Bantams football team

American college football season

1897 Trinity Bantams football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4–1
Head coach	Everett J. Lake (1st season)
Captain	A. S. Woodle
Seasons ← 1896 1898 →

1897 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Penn		–		15	–	0	–	0
Princeton		–		10	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		10	–	1	–	0
Yale		–		9	–	0	–	2
Buffalo		–		9	–	1	–	0
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		–		3	–	5	–	2
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

The 1897 Trinity Bantams football team represented the Trinity College during the 1897 college football season.^[1] The team was led by first-year head coach Everett J. Lake. A. S. Woodle was captain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Yale	Trinity Athletic Field Hartford, CT	L 10–0	800	^[2]
October 2	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 6–38
October 9	Massachusetts	Hartford, CT	W 26–5
October 16	Hamilton	Hartford, CT	W 16–0
October 24	at NYU	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 34–0		^[3]
October 30	at Amherst	Amherst, MA	W 18–0		^[4]
November 6	Wesleyan	Hartford, CT	L 4–6	2,000	^[5]
November 17	at Waterbury YMCA	Waterbury, CT	L 0–8		^[6]
November 20	at Tufts	Tufts Oval Medford, MA	L 10–18		^[7]

References

^ "1897 Trinity (CT) Bantams Schedule and Results".
^ ""Not So Warm" Just Yet: Yale Scores Only 10 Against Trinity and U. of P. is Scored on at Home". The boston Globe. September 30, 1897. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.}
^ "Trinity's strong game". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 25, 1897. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Trinity's Great Game—Defeated Amherst at Football by the Big score of 16 to 0". Hartford. Hartford, Connecticut. November 1, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Trinity Defeated—Wesleyan Wins the Football Game 6 to 4". Hartford. Hartford, Connecticut. November 8, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Y. M. C. A. Boys Victorious". The Waterbury Democrat. Waterbury, Connecticut. November 18, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tufts 18, Trinity 10". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 21, 1897. p. 21. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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