The 1897 Washington and Lee Generals football team was an American football team that represented the Washington and Lee University 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 * ...

. Led by captain D. M. Barclay, who played at right

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, Washington and Lee compiled a record of 3–1. Smith Alford played at right halfback. The team had no head coach.

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