1897 Cornell Big Red football team

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1897 Cornell Big Red football team - Wikipedia

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The 1897 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1897 college football season. In their first season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 133 to 42. Three Cornell players received honors on the 1897 College Football All-America Team: quarterback George Young, Cornell (Walter Camp-2, Outing-1); end William McKeever (Camp-2); and end Lyndon S. Tracy, Cornell (Camp-3).^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Colgate	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 6–0
October 3	Syracuse	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 16–0
October 9	Tufts	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 15–0
October 16	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	T 4–4
October 23	Princeton	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–10	7,000	^[3]
October 27	at Harvard	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	L 5–24	6,000	^[4]
October 30	Penn State	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 45–0
November 6	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	W 42–0
November 25	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–4	20,000	^[5]^[6]

^ "Camp's Champion Eleven: Chamberlin, Brown, De Saulles and Hall of Yale All-American Leaders". New Haven Evening Register. December 8, 1897.
^ "A Brief Review of the Football Season" (PDF). The Outing Magazine. January 1898.
^ "Tigers Badly Scared: Princeton Went to Ithaca Expecting to Have an Easy Time". The World (New York). October 24, 1897. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Harvard Wins: Crimson Football Team Defeats Cornell's Brave Warriors, 24 to 5". Boston Post. October 31, 1897. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
^ "Cornell Gives Penn A Hard Fight For Victory". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Hard Fight For Victory (continued)". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "1897 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

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