1897 St. Viateur football team

1897 St. Viateur football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–1
Captain	Walsh (fullback)

1897 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Butler			–					3	–	0	–	0
Fairmount			–					1	–	0	–	0
Washburn			–					7	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati			–					9	–	1	–	1
Iowa State Normal			–					5	–	1	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan			–					7	–	1	–	1
Indiana			–					6	–	1	–	1
Ohio			–					7	–	2	–	0
Carthage			–					3	–	1	–	0
Iowa Agricultural			–					3	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					4	–	1	–	1
Michigan Agricultural			–					4	–	2	–	1
Central Michigan			–					2	–	1	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					2	–	1	–	1
Chicago Dental Infirmary			–					2	–	2	–	1
Missouri			–					5	–	6	–	0
Lake Forest			–					4	–	5	–	1
Drake			–					2	–	3	–	0
Heidelberg			–					2	–	3	–	0
Detroit College			–					1	–	2	–	0
Indiana Normal			–					1	–	4	–	0
Kansas State			–					1	–	2	–	1
Mount Union			–					2	–	4	–	1
Rush Medical College			–					1	–	4	–	1
DePauw			–					2	–	6	–	0
Wittenberg			–					2	–	6	–	0
Haskell			–					1	–	4	–	0
Indiana State Normal			–					1	–	4	–	0
Ohio State			–					1	–	7	–	1
South Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	1	–	0
Washington University			–					0	–	2	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1897 St. Viateur football team was an American football team that represented St. Viateur College in the 1897 college football season. The team compiled a 3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 68 to 64.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 29	at Kankakee Athletic Club	Kankakee, IL	W 8–4
November 7	Young Men's Lyceum	Bourbonnais, IL	W 36–0
November 14	Garfield Athletic Club	Bourbonnais, IL	W 24–0
November 20	at Notre Dame	Brownson Hall field Notre Dame, IN	L 0–60

Roster

• Brennock, left end
• Kearney, left tackle
• Legris, left guard
• Armstrong, center
• Hawkins, right guard
• Deford, right tackle
• Paterson, right end
• Moore, left halfback
• Daniher, right halfback
• Quill, quarterback
• Walsh (captain), fullback

Game summary

St. Viateur vs Notre Dame

1 2 Total St. Viateur 0 0 0 • Notre Dame 60 {{{H2}}} 60 Date: November 20, 1897 Location: Cartier Field, Notre Dame, Indiana Elapsed time: 55 minutes (30 and 25 minute halves) Referee: Reed

A game summary in the Daily Inter Ocean stated the contest was dull, uninteresting, and featureless. The article exclaimed, "at no stage of the game was Notre Dame's goal line in danger." One positive point mentioned by the newspaper was for St. Viateur's exemplary tackling.