1897 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
1897 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1897 record | 6–2 (1–1 Big Ten) |
Head coach | George Huff [1] (3rd year) |
Captain | Don Sweney [2] |
Home stadium |
Illinois Field (Capacity: 17,000) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1897 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1897 college football season. In their third season under head coach George Huff, the Illini compiled a 6–2 record and finished in fourth place in the Western Conference.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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October 2 | Eureka* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 26–0 | ||||||
October 9 | Physicians & Surgeons* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 6–0 | ||||||
October 16 | Lake Forest* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 36–0 | ||||||
October 23 | Purdue | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL (Series) | W 34–4 | ||||||
October 30 | Chicago | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | L 12–18 | ||||||
November 12 | Knox* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 64–0 | ||||||
November 20 | at Carlisle* | Normal Park • Chicago, IL | L 6–23 | ||||||
November 25 | at Eureka* | Eureka Field • Eureka, IL | W 6–0 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. |
Roster
Official Roster | ||||||
Substitutes
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References
- ↑ FightingIllini.com Head Coaches
- ↑ FightingIllini.com Captains
- ↑ "1897 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ FightingIllini.com All-Time Rosters
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