1897 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1897 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1897 record	4–1 (1–1 SIAA)
Head coach	no coach
Captain	James A. Baird
Home stadium	15th and Cumberland Field

1897 SIAA football standings
	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
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	1	–	0
Central	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Nashville	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	3	–	1
Clemson	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Cumberland	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	1
Texas	0	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Alabama	0	–	0	–	0			1	–	0	–	0
LSU	0	–	0	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1897 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1897 college football season. The 1897 Volunteers were the fifth official Tennessee team to take the field. This was also their second season in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). They played 5 games and won 4, with the only loss coming to North Carolina in the only SIAA game they played that year.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 15, 1897	King*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 28–0
October 23, 1897	Cumberland*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 6–0
November 8, 1897	North Carolina	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	L 0–16
November 25, 1897	VPI*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 18–0
November 26, 1897	at Bristol Athletic Club*	Bristol, TN	W 12–0
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern.

References

ESPN's College Football Encyclopedia by Michael McCambridge