1897 college football season

Total # of teams

28^[1]

Number of bowls

College football seasons
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The 1897 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Penn and Yale as having been selected national champions.^[2]

Conference and program changes

School	1896 Conference	1897 Conference
Arizona Normal Football	Program Established	Independent
Central Colonels	Independent	SIAA
Gallaudet Bison	Independent	MIFA

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

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

1897 Western Interstate football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Nebraska $	3	–	0	–	0	5	–	1	–	0
Kansas	2	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Iowa	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Missouri	0	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1897 Triangular Football League standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Dartmouth $	2	–	0	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Amherst	0	–	1	–	1	2	–	6	–	2
Williams	0	–	1	–	1	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1897 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	3	–	0	–	0	6	–	0	–	1
Georgia	2	–	0	–	0	2	–	1	–	0
Auburn	2	–	0	–	1	2	–	0	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	1	–	0	4	–	1	–	0
Central	1	–	1	–	0	1	–	1	–	0
Nashville	1	–	1	–	0	1	–	1	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	3	–	1	1	–	3	–	1
Clemson	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Cumberland	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	1
Texas	0	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Alabama	0	–	0	–	0	1	–	0	–	0
LSU	0	–	0	–	0	1	–	1	–	0

$ – Conference champion

References

↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1897.htm
↑ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16.

NCAA football seasons

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NCAA University Division/ Division I	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

NCAA Division I-A/FBS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

NCAA Division II	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

NCAA Division III	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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1897 college football season

Conference and program changes

Conference standings

See also

References