1897 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1897 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1897 record 4–4 (0–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Alexander Jerrems (2nd year)
1897 Western Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
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
  • $ Conference champion

The 1897 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1897 college football season. The 1897 season was the second and final season under head coach Alexander Jerrems. The season started out well, but the team lost its last four games including all three of its conference games. The Ariel reported that there was a general opinion that the team's difficulties were the result of poor management.[1]:26 Coach Jerrems was not asked to return and changes were made to the rules governing athletics at the University - managers would no longer be chosen by the students.[1]:26

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
09/25/1897 South High School* Minneapolis, MN W 22–0  
10/02/1897 Macalester* St. Paul, MN W 26–0  
10/09/1897 Carleton* Minneapolis, MN W 48–6  
10/16/1897 Grinnell* Minneapolis, MN W 6–0  
10/23/1897 Iowa State* Ames, IA L 10–12  
10/30/1897 Wisconsin Minneapolis, MN L 0-39  
11/13/1897 at Michigan Ann Arbor, MI L 0–14  
11/25/1897 at Purdue West Lafayette, IN L 0–6  
*Non-conference game.

Roster

References

  1. 1 2 3 The General Alumni Association (1928). Martin Newell, ed. The History of Minnesota Football. The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota.
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