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1897 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainRobert Adams
Home stadium Old Oval
Seasons
←  1896
1898 →
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 – 6 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 3 – 0

The 1897 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Frank E. Wade, the Orangemen compiled a record of 5–3–1.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Cazenovia Syracuse, NYW 36–0
October 2at Cornell Ithaca, NYL 0–16
October 7 HobartSyracuse, NYW 20–6
October 16at Colgate Hamilton, NY ( rivalry)T 6–6
October 23 Union (NY)Syracuse, NYW 40–0
October 30at CortlandW 24–0
November 3 RochesterSyracuse, NYW 36–0
November 63:30 p.m.at Buffalo
L 0–16800 [1] [2]
November 13Buffalo
  • Varsity Oval
  • Syracuse, NY
L 0–10400 [3] [4]

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References

  1. ^ "U> Of B.-Syracuse". The Buffalo Commercial. Buffalo, New York. November 6, 1897. p. 9. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Honors Well Won On The Gridiron". Buffalo Courier-Record. Buffalo, New York. November 7, 1897. p. 15. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Buffalo Won". The Buffalo Sunday Times. Buffalo, New York. November 14, 1897. p. 22. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Buffalo Invincible". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 14, 1897. p. 14. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 4, 2017.


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