1897 Oregon Agricultural Aggies Football Team
The 1897 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In their second, non-consecutive year under head coach Will Bloss, the Aggies compiled a perfect 5–0 record, shut out four of five opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 164 to 8. the team claimed their 2nd league Championship ( OIFA) The Aggies defeated Oregon (26–8) and Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ... (16–0). Daniel Bodine was the team captain.2016 Media Guide, p. 186. With those two wins, they then proclaimed themselves regional "Champions of the Northwest". Schedule References Oregon Agricultural Oregon State Beavers footb ...
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Will Bloss
William Herbert "Will" Bloss, Sr. (April 4, 1869 – June 22, 1921) was the first American football coach at Oregon Agricultural College (later known as Oregon State University) in 1893 and again in 1897. He also was the quarterback of the 1893 team. Bloss was heralded by contemporaries as a "great coach" and one of the fiercest players on the field of the first two decades of football in the Pacific Northwest. Biography Early life Will Bloss was born April 4, 1869 in Orleans, Indiana."Obituary for William H. Bloss (Aged 52),"
''Mansfield News,'' vol. 37, no. 107 (June 22, 1921), p. 5. Bloss was the son of John McKnight Bloss, a