1897 Tennessee Volunteers football team
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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.
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
in the 1897 college football season
1897 college football season
The 1897 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Penn and Yale as national champions.-Conference standings:The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:...
. 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
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
(SIAA). They played 5 games and won 4, with the only loss coming to North Carolina
1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1897 college football season. They played ten games with a final record of 7-3. The team captain for the 1897 season was Arthur Belden.- Schedule :...
in the only SIAA game they played that year.