The 1897 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
team that represented
Purdue University
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...
during the
1897 Western Conference football season. The Boilermakers compiled a 5–3–1 record but were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 108 to 106 in their first season under head coach
William W. Church. W. S. Moore was the team captain.
Schedule
Players
* A. F. Alward - right tackle
* R. A. Bond, '00 - left tackle
* C. F. Breen, '98 - center
* C. E. Doan, '98 - fullback
* J. W. Esterline - fullback
* L. W. Goben, '98 - right halfback
* Herman Hall, '98 - right end
* F. D. Herbold, '99 - left guard
* L. F. Johnson, '99 - left end
* W. S. Moore, '98 - captain and left halfback
* C. S. Sample, '99 - left tackle
* R. L. Sears, '98 - quarterback
* L. B. Webb, '98 - right tackle
Coaching staff
* Head coach -
William W. Church
* Manager - J. N. Moore, '98
References
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Purdue
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...
Purdue Boilermakers football seasons
Purdue Boilermakers football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team represents Purdue University in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. Purdue plays its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. ...