The 1897 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented

Swarthmore College Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeduca ...

as an independent during the

1897 college football season 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. Conference and program changes Conference establishments * ...

. The team compiled a 7–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 114 to 60. Jacob K. Shell was the head coach.

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