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1897 Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
CaptainArthur White
Home stadiumSouth End Grounds
Seasons← 18961898 →
1897 Eastern college football independents records
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 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.     1 3 0

The 1897 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Led by first-year head coach John Dunlop, Boston College compiled a record of 4–3.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Campello Athletic ClubW 14–4
October 16at Whitman Athletic ClubW 14–4
October 23at Holy CrossL 4–10
October 26vs. TuftsL 4–12
October 30Exeter AcademyL 4–10
November 6Harvard Law SchoolW 6–0
November 25vs. Holy CrossW 12–04,500

References

  1. "Boston College 12, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. November 26, 1896. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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