National champion (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, NCF) Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference
Independent
Record
15–0
Head coach
George Washington Woodruff (6th season)
Captain
John Minds
Home stadium
Franklin Field
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Eastern college football independents records
v
t
e
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
–
6
–
0
Western Univ. Penn.
–
1
–
3
–
0
The 1897 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 15–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They outscored their opponents 463 to 20.[2]
^National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
^1897 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived October 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
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