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1897 St. Viateur football
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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 St. Viateur football team was an American football team that represented St. Viateur College in the 1897 college football season. The team compiled a 3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 68 to 64.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 29at Kankakee Athletic ClubKankakee, ILW 8–4
November 7Young Men's LyceumBourbonnais, ILW 36–0
November 14Garfield Athletic ClubBourbonnais, ILW 24–0
November 20at Notre DameL 0–60

Roster

  • Brennock, left end
  • Kearney, left tackle
  • Legris, left guard
  • Armstrong, center
  • Hawkins, right guard
  • Deford, right tackle
  • Paterson, right end
  • Moore, left halfback
  • Daniher, right halfback
  • Quill, quarterback
  • Walsh (captain), fullback

Game summary

St. Viateur vs Notre Dame
1 2Total
St. Viateur 0 0 0
• Notre Dame 60 {{{H2}}} 60
  • Date: November 20, 1897
  • Location: Cartier Field, Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Elapsed time: 55 minutes (30 and 25 minute halves)
  • Referee: Reed

A game summary in the Daily Inter Ocean stated the contest was dull, uninteresting, and featureless. The article exclaimed, "at no stage of the game was Notre Dame's goal line in danger." One positive point mentioned by the newspaper was for St. Viateur's exemplary tackling.

References

  1. "(187)Saint Viator College". lost-colleges. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. "Team Records Game by Game". September 11, 2015. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  3. "NOTRE DAME SCORES HEAVILY". The Inter Ocean. November 21, 1897. p. 11. Retrieved June 1, 2020.


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