| 1897 Maryland Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association |
| Record | 2–4 (0–3 MIFA) |
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| Captain | John Lillibridge |
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| Gallaudet $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1897 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1897 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Grenville Lewis.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| October 16 | Central High School* | College Park, MD | W 24–6 |
| October 20 | Eastern High School* | College Park, MD | W 4–0 |
| October 30 | Johns Hopkins | College Park, MD | L 6–30 |
| November 13 | at St. John's (MD) | Annapolis, MD | L 4–6 |
| November 17 | Gallaudet | College Park, MD | L 6–16 |
| November 20 | at Baltimore Medical* | L 0–10 | |
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Players
The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:
- James Blandford, guard
- William Bouscaren, halfback
- Dorsey Cashell, guard
- Grant C. Church, end
- Sam Cooke, fullback
- Charles Gibbons, halfback
- Wade Hinebaugh, end
- Frank Kenly, quarterback
- John Lillibridge, end and captain-coach
- Charles Ridgeley, tackle/fullback
- James Shipley, center
Non-letterwinners:
- Fred Bell, tackle
- Vernon Rollins, tackle
- Ed Speake, tackle
- Bob Hildebrand, guard
- Harry Stanford, guard
- Hanson Mitchell, quarterback
- Levin Dericksen, halfback
- George Peterson, halfback
Manager:
- John Mitchell
References
- David Ungrady, Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, 2003, p. 5, Sports Publishing LLC.
- All-Time Coaching Record Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 25, 2010.
- All-Time Lettermen Archived 2018-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, p. 17–22, 2007 Terrapin Football Record Book, University of Maryland, 2007.
- Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952, p. 30, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.
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