1897 Swarthmore Quakers football team

The 1897 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team compiled a 7–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 114 to 60. Jacob K. Shell was the head coach.[1]

1897 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumWhittier Field
1897 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Swarthmore alumni
W 12–0
October 6at DelawareNewark, DEW 12–6
October 9Dickinson
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
L 4–20
October 13Media Academy
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 14–0
October 16at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJW 8–6
October 23UrsinusSwarthmore, PAW 12–0
October 27vs. Johns HopkinsLansdowne, PAW 16–0
October 30at UrsinusCollegeville, PAL 0–4
November 3at Pennsylvania MilitaryChester, PAT 6–6
November 6St. John's (MD)
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 18–4
November 13at HaverfordHaverford, PAL 6–8
November 25at Franklin & MarshallLancaster, PAW 6–0

References

  1. "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
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