1897 Missouri Tigers football team

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1897 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
CaptainAdam Hill
Home stadiumRollins Field
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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 Normal
    1 4 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
Indiana State Normal
    1 4 0
Ohio State     1 7 1
South Dakota Agricultural
    0 1 0
Washington University
    0 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural     0 3 0

The 1897 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In its first season under head coach Charles Young, the team compiled an 5–6 record.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4
Warrensburg Normal
W 10–0
October 9at
Kansas City Medics
Kansas City, MOL 0–4
October 11at Warrensburg NormalWarrensburg, MOL 0–10
October 18
Iowa Wesleyan
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
W 6–4
October 30at NebraskaLincoln, NE (rivalry)L 0–41
November 1at
Tarkio
Tarkio, MOL 0–34
November 2at AmityCoin, IAW 8–4
November 5
Westminster (MO)
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
W 60–0
November 13at PurdueL 12–30[2]
November 153:00 p.m.at
Christian Brothers (MO)
W 16–02,000[3]
November 252:52 p.m.vs. KansasL 0–164,000[4]

References

  1. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
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