1897 Central Colonels football team

1897 Central Colonels football
State champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–2 (1–1 SIAA)
Head coach
  • H. McC. Anderson
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 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
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
Mercer 0 1 0 0 2 1
Cumberland (TN) 0 1 0 0 1 0
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]

  1. ^ The Sentinel Almanac and Book of Facts. Sentinel Company. 1900.
  2. ^ "Kentucky Digital Library". kdl.kyvl.org. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2019.