1897 Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
CaptainArthur White
Home stadiumSouth End Grounds
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

The 1897 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Led by first-year head coach John Dunlop, Boston College compiled a record of 4–3.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Campello Athletic Club
W 14–4
October 16at Whitman Athletic ClubW 14–4
October 23at Holy Cross
L 4–10
October 26vs. TuftsL 4–12
October 30Exeter AcademyL 4–10
November 6Harvard Law SchoolW 6–0
November 25vs. Holy CrossW 12–04,500[1]

References

  1. "Boston College 12, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. November 26, 1896. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.


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