1897 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1897 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4–1
Head coach	George Krebs (1st season)
Captain	Henry M. White
Seasons ← 1896 1898 →

1897 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Oklahoma		–		2	–	0	–	0
Arkansas		–		2	–	0	–	1
Navy		–		8	–	1	–	0
Virginia		–		6	–	2	–	1
Add-Ran		–		3	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee		–		3	–	1	–	0
VPI		–		5	–	2	–	0
North Carolina		–		7	–	3	–	0
VMI		–		3	–	2	–	0
Guilford		–		2	–	1	–	0
West Virginia		–		5	–	4	–	1
Davidson		–		1	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		1	–	1	–	0
Columbian		–		4	–	5	–	1
Richmond		–		3	–	5	–	0
North Carolina A&M		–		1	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M		–		1	–	2	–	0
Delaware		–		1	–	5	–	1
William & Mary		–		0	–	1	–	0
Marshall		–		0	–	3	–	0
South Carolina		–		0	–	3	–	0

The 1897 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach George Krebs, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 92 to 46.^[1] Henry M. White was the team captain.^[2]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 9	at Pittsburgh Athletic Club	PAC Park Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–6		^[1]^[3]
October 14	Westminster (PA)	Morgantown, WV	W 18–0
October 16	vs. Marietta	Fairmont, WV	W 6–0
October 23	at Washington & Jefferson	College Park Washington, PA	L 0–12	1,200	^[4]^[5]
October 30	at Pittsburgh College	Pittsburgh College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0		^[6]
November 4	vs. Washington and Lee	Charleston, WV	W 14–0	3,000	^[7]
November 5	at Ohio	Athens, OH	L 0–12
November 6	vs. Ohio State	Parkersburg, WV	W 24–0
November 17	vs. Bethany (WV)	Fairmont, WV	W 30–0
November 25	at Latrobe Independents	Latrobe, PA	L 0–16

References

^ ^a ^b "2017 West Virginia Football Media Guide". West Virginia University. 2017. p. 175.
^ 2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169.
^ "Close Game in East End". The Pittsburg Press. October 10, 1897. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "W. & J. Players Are Jubilant". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "After The Championship". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Neither Side Scored". The Pittsburg Press. October 31, 1897. p. 12 – via Google News Archive.
^ "On The Gridiron". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 5, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

v t e West Virginia Mountaineers football
Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati Marshall: Friends of Coal Bowl Maryland Old Ironsides Penn State Pittsburgh: Backyard Brawl Syracuse Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 1921 Backyard Brawl 2007 Backyard Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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