1897 Lehigh football team

The 1897 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Samuel M. Hammond, the team compiled a 3–7 record and was outscored by a total of 261 to 84.[1]

1897 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record3–7
Head coachSamuel M. Hammond (1st season)
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn      15 0 0
Yale      9 0 2
Buffalo      7 0 0
Princeton      10 1 0
Harvard      10 1 1
Drexel      7 1 1
Army      6 1 1
Lafayette      9 2 1
Colgate      5 2 1
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
Temple      3 3 0
Trinity (CT)      4 4 1
Wesleyan      6 6 0
Tufts      6 7 0
Geneva      3 4 1
Pittsburgh College      2 3 1
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
Western Univ. Penn.      1 3 0
Rutgers      2 7 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at PrincetonL 0–43[2]
October 6WilliamsBethlehem, PAW 5–0
October 9at PennL 0–58
October 20DickinsonBethlehem, PAW 5–0
October 23vs. BucknellWilliamsport, PAL 20–28
October 30at Lafayette
L 0–34
November 6at ArmyL 6–48
November 13NYUBethlehem, PAW 42–0
November 20at NavyL 6–28
November 25LafayetteBethlehem, PA (rivalry)L 0–22
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References

  1. "1897 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. "The Champion Princeton Team Opens the Season with an Easy Victory Over Lehigh: Tigers Scored 43 to 0". The New York Times. October 3, 1897. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
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