1897 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1897 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University during the 1897 college football season. In their second season under head coach Madison G. Gonterman, the Hoosiers compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored their opponents 150 to 32.[1]

1897 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainEmmett O. King
Home stadiumAthletic Field
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Butler    3 0 0
Fairmount    1 0 0
Washburn    7 1 0
Cincinnati    9 1 1
Iowa State Normal    5 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan    7 1 1
Indiana    6 1 1
Ohio    7 2 0
Carthage    3 1 0
Iowa Agricultural    3 1 0
Notre Dame    4 1 1
Michigan Agricultural    4 2 1
Central Michigan    2 1 0
Baldwin–Wallace    2 1 1
Chicago Dental Infirmary    2 2 1
Missouri    5 6 0
Lake Forest    4 5 1
Drake    2 3 0
Heidelberg    2 3 0
Detroit College    1 2 0
Indiana State    1 2 0
Kansas State    1 2 1
Mount Union    2 4 1
Rush Medical College    1 4 1
DePauw    2 6 0
Wittenberg    2 6 0
Haskell    1 4 0
Ohio State    1 7 1
South Dakota State    0 1 0
Washington University    0 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural    0 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
Rose Polytechnic
T 6–6
Bedford Community College (IN)
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 40–0
October 17at Rose PolytechnicTerre Haute, INW 12–0
October 23Emmerich Manual High School
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 30–0
October 30at PurdueL 6–20[2]
November 8DePauw
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 18–0
November 16Miami (OH)
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 22–6
November 25DePauw
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 16–0

References

  1. "The "I" Men of Indiana – A Review of Our Athletic History". Indiana University Alumni Quarterly. October 1914. p. 416.
  2. "Purdue, 20; Indiana University, 6". Chicago Tribune. October 31, 1897. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.


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