1897 NYU Violets football team

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1897 NYU Violets football
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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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. For the season, the Violets compiled a 3–3 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 9Stevens
W 24–0200[1]
October 16St. Stephen's College
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 18–0[2]
October 23Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–34[3]
October 27at Stevens
W 4–0[4]
October 30New Jersey Athletic ClubCanceled [5]
November 2Montclair Athletic ClubCanceled [5]
November 6Oritani Football ClubCanceled [5]
November 13at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–42[6]
November 16at HamiltonClinton, NYL 0–12[7]

References

  1. ^ "Other games". The Sun. October 10, 1897. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "About the country". Elmira Daily Gazette and Free Press. October 18, 1897. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Trinity's strong game". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 25, 1897. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Football notes". The Sun. October 28, 1897. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c "On the football field". The Sun. October 29, 1897. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lehigh's big score". The Sun. November 14, 1897. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Hamilton 12, N.Y. University 0". The New York Times. November 17, 1897. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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