Conference Independent Captain Norman Cabot | 1897 record 10–1–1 | |
Head coach William Cameron Forbes (1st year) | ||
The 1897 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1897 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 10–1–1 record under first-year head coach William Cameron Forbes, who later served as Governor-General of the Philippines (1908-13) and Ambassador of the United States to Japan (1930-32). The 1897 team won its first ten games by a combined 227-5 score. It then closed the season with a scoreless tie with Yale and a 15-6 loss against Penn.
Schedule
- October 2, 1897: Williams W 20-0
- October 6, 1897: Bowdoin W 24-0
- October 9, 1897: Dartmouth W 13-0
- October 13, 1897: Amherst W 38-0
- October 16, 1897: at Army W 10-0
- October 20, 1897: Newton A.A. W 24-0
- October 23, 1897: Brown W 18-0
- October 26, 1897: Newtowne A.C. W 22-0
- October 30, 1897: Cornell W 24-5
- November 3, 1897: Wesleyan W 34-0
- November 13, 1897: Yale T 0-0
- November 20, 1897: at Penn, L 6-15
References
1897 Harvard Crimson football team Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA