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1897 Vermont Green and Gold football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumAthletic Park
Seasons← 18961898 →
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 3 – 0

The 1897 Vermont Green and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In their first year under head coach William Farrar, the team compiled a 3–0–2 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 16Rutland InstituteT 0–0
October 23Middlebury
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
W 14–0
October 25Montpelier Seminary
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
T 10–10
October 30Rutland Institute
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
W 12–0
November 6Norwich
  • Athletic Park
  • Burlington, VT
W 62–4

References

  1. "Institute plats a tie game with the University of Vermont". Rutland Daily Herald. October 17, 1897. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "U.V.M. wins the first of the games with Middlebury". Rutland Daily Herald. October 25, 1897. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Seminary foot-ball team". Argus and Patriot. October 27, 1897. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "The game at Burlington". Rutland Daily Herald. November 1, 1897. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Varsity's mammoth score, Norwich badly defeated in Saturday's game". The Burlington Free Press. November 8, 1897. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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