1897 Trinity Bantams football team

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

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	–	5	–	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

1. "1897 Trinity (CT) Bantams Schedule and Results".
2. ""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.
3. "Trinity's strong game". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 25, 1897. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "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 .
5. "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 .
6. "Y. M. C. A. Boys Victorious". The Waterbury Democrat. Waterbury, Connecticut. November 18, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Tufts 18, Trinity 10". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 21, 1897. p. 21. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .