1897 Vermont Green and Gold football team

1897 Vermont Green and Gold football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–0–2
Head coach	William Farrar (1st season)
Home stadium	Athletic Park

1897 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					6	–	6	–	0
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 Vermont Green and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In their first year under head coach William Farrar, the team compiled a 3–0–2 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 16	Rutland Institute	Athletic Park Burlington, VT	T 0–0	[1]
October 23	Middlebury	Athletic Park Burlington, VT	W 14–0	[2]
October 25	Montpelier Seminary	Athletic Park Burlington, VT	T 10–10	[3]
October 30	Rutland Institute	Athletic Park Burlington, VT	W 12–0	[4]
November 6	Norwich	Athletic Park Burlington, VT	W 62–4	[5]

References

1. "Institute plats a tie game with the University of Vermont". Rutland Daily Herald. October 17, 1897. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "U.V.M. wins the first of the games with Middlebury". Rutland Daily Herald. October 25, 1897. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Seminary foot-ball team". Argus and Patriot. October 27, 1897. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "The game at Burlington". Rutland Daily Herald. November 1, 1897. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Varsity's mammoth score, Norwich badly defeated in Saturday's game". The Burlington Free Press. November 8, 1897. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.