1897 Wesleyan Methodists football team

1897 Wesleyan Methodists football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–7
Head coach
CaptainArcher E. Young
Home stadiumPameacha Park, Hanover Park
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   15 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   10 – 1 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 2
Buffalo   –   9 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 1
Army   –   6 – 1 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 0 – 2
Lafayette   –   9 – 2 – 1
Drexel   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 1
Dickinson   –   7 – 3 – 2
Swarthmore   –   7 – 3 – 2
Fordham   –   2 – 1 – 1
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 3 – 1
  –   8 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 3 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   6 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   3 – 5 – 2
Villanova   –   3 – 5 – 1
Penn State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Amherst   –   2 – 6 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   2 – 6 – 2
Lehigh   –   3 – 7 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 5 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 3 – 0

The 1897 Wesleyan Methodists football team represented Wesleyan University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Led by Neilson Poe in his first and only season as head coach, the Methodists compiled a record of 8–7.[1] Wesleyan played two home games at Pameacha Park in Middletown, Connecticut and one home game at Hanover Park in Meriden, Connecticut.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Waterbury YMCA
W 20–0[2]
September 25at New Britain YMCA
W 28–0[3]
October 2at Yale
L 0–302,000–3,000[4][5][6]
October 64:00 p.m.Massachusetts
W 18–5[7][8]
October 94:10 p.m.at Army
L 9–122,000[9][10][11]
October 134:00 p.m.Tufts
  • Pameacha Park
  • Middletown, CT
W 16–0[12][13][14]
October 16at Brown
L 12–24[15]
October 203:30 p.m.Amherst
W 24–01,000[16][17]
October 23at Williams
W 22–0[18]
October 27at Amherst
W 14–0600[19][20]
November 3at Harvard
L 0–341,200–3,000[21][22][23]
November 63:00 p.m.at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CT (rivalry)W 6–42,000[24][25]
November 13at Penn
L 0–223,000[26]
November 20at Lafayette
L 6–41[27]
November 25at Brown
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 4–122,000[28]

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References

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  4. ^ "Yale, 30; Wesleyan, 0". The Sun. New York, New York. October 3, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved July 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Yale Crushes Wesleyan". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 3, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved July 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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  9. ^ "West Point Game Disputed". The World. New York, New York. October 10, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved July 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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  11. ^ "Methodists Defeated—West Point Tin Soldiers Were Too Much for Wesleyan University". Buffalo Sunday Morning Times. Buffalo, New York. October 10, 1897. p. 22. Retrieved July 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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  19. ^ "Wesleyan 14, Amherst 0". Fall River Evening News. Fall River, Massachusetts. October 28, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved July 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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  21. ^ "Harvard Plays Well.—Some Encouragement From the Game With Wesleyan Which Ends 34-0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1897. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  22. ^ "Easy Work For Harvard—Wesleyan Eleven Defeated 34 To 0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 4, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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