American college football season

1897 Central Colonels football

State champion

Conference| Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record| 1–2 (1–1 SIAA)
Head coach|

* H. McC. Anderson

Seasons

<- 1896

1898 ->

1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Vanderbilt $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 1
Georgia | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0
Auburn | 2  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 1
Tennessee | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Central (KY) | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0
Nashville | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Alabama | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Texas | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
LSU | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Sewanee | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1
Clemson | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0
Cumberland (TN) | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Georgia Tech | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Mercer | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 1
Kentucky State College | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
SW Presbyterian | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1897 Central Colonels football team represented Central University in Richmond, Kentucky during the 1897 college football season.[1][2]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 16| Vanderbilt|

* Dudley Field
* Nashville, TN

| L 10–14|
October 30| Washington and Lee*| Richmond, KY| L 0–22| [3]
November 6| Kentucky State College| Lexington, KY| W 18–0|

* *Non-conference game

## References[edit]

1. ^ The Sentinel Almanac and Book of Facts. Sentinel Company. 1900.
2. ^ "Kentucky Digital Library". kdl.kyvl.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
3. ^ "Defeat". The Sunday Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. October 31, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 24, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .

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Eastern Kentucky Colonels football

Venues|

* Roy Kidd Stadium (1969–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* 1955 Tangerine Bowl
* 1967 Grantland Rice Bowl
* Battle of the Bluegrass (WKU)
* Old Hawg Rifle (Morehead State)

Culture & lore|

* The Colonel
* "Rally Maroon and White"
* Marching Colonels

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

Seasons|

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National championship seasons in bold

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Kentucky college football state champions (pre-1903)

* Central (1892)
* Central (1893)
* Kentucky State (1894)
* Centre (1896)
* Central (1897)
* Kentucky State (1898)
* Central (1899)
* Central & Centre (1900)
* Kentucky University (1901)

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