1897 Connecticut Aggies football team

1897 Connecticut Aggies football
Conference	Athletic League of New England State Colleges
1897 record	5–3 (1–1 New England)
Home stadium	Athletic Fields

The 1897 Connecticut Aggies football team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1897 college football season. This was the second year that the school fielded a football team. The Aggies completed the season with a record of 5–2, playing for the first time as a member of the Athletic League of New England State Colleges, which served to facilitate scheduling between Connecticut, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Rhode Island. The 1897 season marked the first contests against these two rivals.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	at Norwich Free Academy*	Norwich, CT	L 4–12
October 6	Willimantic YMCA*	Athletic Fields • Storrs, CT	W 16–0
October 9	at New London A. C.*	New London, CT	W 10–8
October 16	Willimantic High School*	Athletic Fields • Storrs, CT	W 10–4
October 23	vs. Rhode Island	New London, CT (Rivalry)	W 22–8
October 30	Willimantic YMCA*	Athletic Fields • Storrs, CT	W 30–0
November 6	at Massachusetts	Alumni Field • Amherst, MA (Rivalry)	L 0–36
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

References

↑ 2015 UConn Football Media Guide (PDF). UConn Huskies. p. 118. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
↑ "Connecticut Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

Connecticut Huskies football

Venues	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields (1896–1952) Memorial Stadium (1953–2002) Rentschler Field (2003–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games UCF (Civil Conflict) Rhode Island (Ramnapping Trophy) UMass

Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky "UConn Husky" University of Connecticut Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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