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Ind
Western
194 Games
194 Games Table
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
1
1
Sep 8, 1897
Wed
Dickinson
2
@
Phoenix A.C.
0
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
2
2
Sep 18, 1897
Sat
Chicago
14
Hyde Park High
0
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
3
3
Sep 22, 1897
Wed
Pennsylvania
17
@
Bucknell
0
4
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Brown
24
Tufts
0
5
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Bucknell
45
Williamsport
0
6
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Chicago
21
Englewood High
0
7
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Chicago
11
Hyde Park High
0
8
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Cornell
6
Colgate
0
9
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Dartmouth
34
Exeter
0
10
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Dickinson
18
Susquehanna
0
11
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Harvard
20
Williams
0
12
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Minnesota
22
Minneapolis South High
0
13
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Penn State
32
Gettysburg
0
14
3
Sep 25, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania
33
Franklin & Marshall
0
15
3
Sep 27, 1897
Mon
Lafayette
14
@
Bloomsburg
0
16
3
Sep 27, 1897
Mon
Tufts
18
Bowdoin
6
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
17
4
Sep 28, 1897
Tue
Lafayette
26
@
Wyoming Seminary
0
18
4
Sep 29, 1897
Wed
Harvard
24
Bowdoin
0
19
4
Sep 29, 1897
Wed
Northwestern
6
Evanston High
0
20
4
Sep 29, 1897
Wed
Pennsylvania
18
Washington & Jefferson
4
21
4
Sep 29, 1897
Wed
Yale
10
@
Trinity (CT)
0
22
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Army
38
Trinity (CT)
6
23
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Boston University
20
@
Tufts
6
24
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Carlisle
36
N
Dickinson
0
25
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Chicago
41
Monmouth
4
26
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Harvard
13
Dartmouth
0
27
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Illinois
26
Eureka
0
28
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Lafayette
24
Penn State
0
29
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Michigan
24
Eastern Michigan
0
30
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Minnesota
26
Macalester
0
31
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania
33
Bucknell
0
32
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Princeton
43
Lehigh
0
33
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Purdue
28
Illinois State
0
34
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Virginia
38
Franklin & Marshall
0
35
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Wisconsin
30
Lake Forest
0
36
4
Oct 2, 1897
Sat
Yale
30
Wesleyan (CT)
0
37
4
Oct 3, 1897
Sun
Cornell
16
Syracuse
0
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
38
5
Oct 6, 1897
Wed
Brown
24
Wesleyan (CT)
12
39
5
Oct 6, 1897
Wed
Lafayette
8
@
Franklin & Marshall
0
40
5
Oct 6, 1897
Wed
Lehigh
5
Williams
0
41
5
Oct 6, 1897
Wed
Pennsylvania
57
Gettysburg
0
42
5
Oct 6, 1897
Wed
Princeton
53
Rutgers
0
43
5
Oct 6, 1897
Wed
Tufts
12
@
Boston College
0
44
5
Oct 6, 1897
Wed
Wisconsin
8
Madison High
0
45
5
Oct 6, 1897
Wed
Yale
18
Amherst
0
46
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Army
12
Wesleyan (CT)
9
47
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Brown
44
Boston University
0
48
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Carlisle
26
Bloomsburg
0
49
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Chicago
71
Lake Forest
0
50
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Cornell
15
Tufts
0
51
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Dickinson
20
@
Swarthmore
4
52
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Harvard
38
Amherst
0
53
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Illinois
6
Physicians & Surgeons
0
54
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Lafayette
64
Temperance A.C.
0
55
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Minnesota
48
Carleton
6
56
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Northwestern
6
N
Beloit
0
57
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Oberlin
22
@
Purdue
6
58
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Ohio Wesleyan
0
@
Michigan
0
59
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania
58
Lehigh
0
60
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania Reserves
6
@
Bucknell
6
61
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Princeton
28
@
Navy
0
62
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Trinity (CT)
26
Massachusetts
5
63
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Wisconsin
28
Rush Medical
0
64
5
Oct 9, 1897
Sat
Yale
32
Williams
0
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
65
6
Oct 13, 1897
Wed
Chicago
24
Armour
0
66
6
Oct 13, 1897
Wed
Navy
22
Pennsylvania Reserves
0
67
6
Oct 13, 1897
Wed
Pennsylvania
42
Virginia
0
68
6
Oct 13, 1897
Wed
Princeton
34
Penn State
0
69
6
Oct 13, 1897
Wed
Tufts
12
New Hampshire
4
70
6
Oct 13, 1897
Wed
Wesleyan (CT)
24
Amherst
0
71
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Brown
20
@
Andover
4
72
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Chicago
39
Beloit
6
73
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Colgate
18
@
Williams
0
74
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Cornell
4
@
Lafayette
4
75
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Dickinson
6
@
Haverford
5
76
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Franklin & Marshall
28
Villanova
0
77
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Harvard
10
Army
0
78
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Illinois
36
Lake Forest
0
79
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Iowa
12
@
Northwestern
6
80
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Michigan
36
Ohio State
0
81
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Minnesota
6
Grinnell
0
82
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Navy
6
Princeton A.C.
0
83
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania
34
Dartmouth
0
84
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Princeton
18
Carlisle
0
85
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Purdue
8
@
DePauw
0
86
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Trinity (CT)
16
Hamilton
0
87
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Tufts
20
@
Bowdoin
8
88
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Wesleyan (CT)
18
Massachusetts
5
89
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Wisconsin
20
Wisconsin-Platteville
0
90
6
Oct 16, 1897
Sat
Yale
10
@
Newton A.C.
0
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
91
7
Oct 20, 1897
Wed
Harvard
24
Newton A.C.
0
92
7
Oct 20, 1897
Wed
Lehigh
5
Dickinson
0
93
7
Oct 20, 1897
Wed
Pennsylvania
24
Penn State
0
94
7
Oct 20, 1897
Wed
Princeton
54
Franklin & Marshall
0
95
7
Oct 20, 1897
Wed
Yale
18
Brown
14
96
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Amherst
20
Massachusetts
4
97
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Army
30
Tufts
0
98
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Bucknell
28
N
Lehigh
20
99
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Chicago
21
Northwestern
6
100
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Dickinson
52
Villanova
0
101
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Harvard
18
Brown
0
102
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Haverford
12
@
Franklin & Marshall
10
103
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Illinois
34
Purdue
4
104
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Iowa State
12
@
Minnesota
10
105
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Michigan
16
Oberlin
6
106
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Navy
4
Penn State
0
107
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania
46
Lafayette
0
108
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Princeton
10
@
Cornell
0
109
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Wesleyan (CT)
22
Williams
0
110
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Wisconsin
29
Madison High
0
111
7
Oct 23, 1897
Sat
Yale
24
N
Carlisle
9
112
7
Oct 24, 1897
Sun
Trinity (CT)
32
New York University
0
113
7
Oct 25, 1897
Mon
Harvard
22
Newtowne A.C.
0
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
114
8
Oct 27, 1897
Wed
Harvard
24
Cornell
5
115
8
Oct 27, 1897
Wed
Princeton
12
Elizabeth A.C.
0
116
8
Oct 27, 1897
Wed
Wesleyan (CT)
14
@
Amherst
0
117
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Army
6
@
Yale
6
118
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Bucknell
6
Bloomsburg
0
119
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Carlisle
84
Pennsylvania College
0
120
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Chicago
18
@
Illinois
12
121
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Cornell
45
Penn State
0
122
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Lafayette
34
Lehigh
0
123
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Northwestern
6
Physicians & Surgeons
0
124
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania
40
@
Brown
0
125
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Princeton
30
Dartmouth
0
126
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Purdue
20
Indiana
6
127
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Tufts
18
Trinity (CT)
10
128
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Williams
6
@
Amherst
6
129
8
Oct 30, 1897
Sat
Wisconsin
39
@
Minnesota
0
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
130
9
Nov 2, 1897
Tue
York YMCA
0
N
Dickinson
0
131
9
Nov 3, 1897
Wed
Dartmouth
54
Amherst
0
132
9
Nov 3, 1897
Wed
Exeter
4
@
Tufts
0
133
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Andover
6
@
Tufts
4
134
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Army
48
Lehigh
6
135
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Brown
24
@
Newton A.C.
0
136
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Chicago
34
Notre Dame
5
137
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Cornell
42
@
Williams
0
138
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Franklin & Marshall
12
Lancaster Crescents
4
139
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Harvard
34
Wesleyan (CT)
0
140
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Michigan
34
Purdue
4
141
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Mount St. Mary's
0
@
Dickinson
0
142
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Navy
4
Virginia
0
143
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Northwestern
14
Rush Medical
0
144
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania
20
Carlisle
10
145
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Princeton
57
Lafayette
0
146
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Trinity (CT)
18
@
Amherst
0
147
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Wisconsin
11
Beloit
0
148
9
Nov 6, 1897
Sat
Yale
16
Chicago A.C.
6
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
149
10
Nov 10, 1897
Wed
Wesleyan (CT)
6
@
Trinity (CT)
4
150
10
Nov 12, 1897
Fri
Illinois
64
Knox
0
151
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Army
18
Stevens
4
152
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Brown
18
Carlisle
14
153
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Dartmouth
52
@
Williams
0
154
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Holy Cross
6
@
Amherst
6
155
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Lafayette
19
Dickinson
0
156
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Lehigh
42
New York University
0
157
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Michigan
14
Minnesota
0
158
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Navy
38
Maryland-Baltimore
0
159
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Northwestern
25
N
Northwestern Alumni
0
160
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Penn State
27
N
Bucknell
4
161
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania
22
Wesleyan (CT)
0
162
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania Reserves
2
@
Franklin & Marshall
2
163
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Purdue
30
Missouri
12
164
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Tufts
6
@
MIT
0
165
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Wisconsin
23
@
Chicago
8
166
10
Nov 13, 1897
Sat
Yale
0
@
Harvard
0
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
167
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Amherst
8
MIT
6
168
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Army
42
Brown
0
169
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Carlisle
23
@
Illinois
6
170
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Dartmouth
24
@
Newton A.C.
0
171
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Dickinson
42
Franklin & Marshall
0
172
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Lafayette
41
Wesleyan (CT)
6
173
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Michigan
32
Wittenberg
0
174
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Navy
28
Lehigh
6
175
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Penn State
10
Bloomsburg
0
176
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Pennsylvania
15
Harvard
6
177
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Purdue
6
Minnesota
0
178
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Trinity (CT)
0
@
Connecticut-Waterbury
0
179
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Williams
6
Troy Laureates
0
180
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Wisconsin Alumni
6
N
Wisconsin
0
181
11
Nov 20, 1897
Sat
Yale
6
Princeton
0
Rk
Wk
Date
Day
Winner
Pts
Loser
Pts
Notes
182
12
Nov 24, 1897
Wed
Wesleyan (CT)
6
Tufts
0
183
12
Nov 25, 1897
Thu
Carlisle
10
@
Cincinnati
0
184
12
Nov 25, 1897
Thu
Chicago
21
Michigan
12
185
12
Nov 25, 1897
Thu
Dickinson
6
N
Penn State
0
186
12
Nov 25, 1897
Thu
Franklin & Marshall
6
@
Swarthmore
6
187
12
Nov 25, 1897
Thu
Illinois
6
@
Eureka
0
188
12
Nov 25, 1897
Thu
Lafayette
22
@
Lehigh
0
189
12
Nov 25, 1897
Thu
Navy
8
White Squadron
0
190
12
Nov 25, 1897
Thu
Pennsylvania
4
Cornell
0
191
12
Nov 25, 1897
Thu
Purdue Alumni
0
N
Purdue
0
192
12
Nov 25, 1897
Thu
Wisconsin
22
@
Northwestern
0
193
12
Nov 27, 1897
Sat
Brown
12
Wesleyan (CT)
4
194
12
Nov 27, 1897
Sat
Carlisle
20
@
Ohio Medical
12
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