1897 Maryland Aggies football team

1897 Maryland Aggies football

Conference	Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association
1897 record	2–4 (0–3 MIFA)
Head coach	John Lillibridge
Captain	John Lillibridge

The 1897 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1897 college football season.^[1] The team was led by second-year head coach Grenville Lewis.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 16	Central High School*	College Park, Maryland	W 24–6
October 20	Eastern High School*	College Park, Maryland	W 4–0
October 30	Johns Hopkins	College Park, Maryland (Hopkins–Maryland rivalry)	L 30–6
November 13	at St. John's College	Annapolis, Maryland	L 6–4
November 17	Gallaudet	College Park, Maryland	L 16–6
November 20	at Baltimore Medical*	Electric Park • Baltimore, Maryland	L 10–0
All times are in Eastern Time.

The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:^[3]

Non-letterwinners:^[4]

Manager:

↑ David Ungrady, Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, 2003, p. 5, Sports Publishing LLC.
↑ All-Time Coaching Record, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 25, 2010.
↑ All-Time Lettermen, p. 17–22, 2007 Terrapin Football Record Book, University of Maryland, 2007.
↑ Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952, p. 30, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.

Maryland Terrapins football

Venues	Maryland Agricultural College Field Old Byrd Stadium (1923–1947, 1949) Griffith Stadium (1948) Maryland Stadium (1950–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Johns Hopkins Navy: Crab Bowl Classic Penn State Rutgers Virginia West Virginia

Culture & lore	Testudo Mighty Sound of Maryland Anthony C. Nardo Memorial Trophy

People	Head coaches Quarterbacks Honorees Professional players Statistical leaders

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 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

National championship seasons in bold

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