1897 Washington & Jefferson football team

1897 Washington & Jefferson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn H. Flowers
Home stadiumCollege 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
Wesleyan     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
Franklin & 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 Washington & Jefferson football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Led by Clinton Wood in his second and final year as head coach, the team compiled a record of 10–1, shutting out their opponents in all ten victories. Quarterback John H. Flowers was the team captain.