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1897 Auburn Tigers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1897
team	Auburn Tigers
sport	football
image	1897 Auburn University varsity football team.jpg
image_size	285
caption	The 1897 football team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University).{{Citation
editor	A. C. Vandiver
editor2	G. O. Dickey
editor3	F. W. Hare
editor4	P. M. McIntyre
editor5	J. B. Shivers
editor6	E. W. Stone
editor7	R. P. Strong
title	Glomerata 1898
type	Annual
url	http://diglib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/gloms/docviewer.pl?did=%2F1898&seq=99&frames=0&view=100
access-date	16 March 2011
volume	1
year	1897
publisher	A. L. Swift
location	Chicago, IL
page	99
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20110719141831/http://diglib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/gloms/docviewer.pl?did=%2F1898&seq=99&frames=0&view=100
archive-date	2011-07-19
url-status	dead
conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
short_conf	SIAA
record	2–0–1
conf_record	2–0–1
head_coach	John Heisman
hc_year	3rd
captain	William Bee Stokes

|access-date = 16 March 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719141831/http://diglib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/gloms/docviewer.pl?did=%2F1898&seq=99&frames=0&view=100 |archive-date = 2011-07-19 |url-status = dead The 1897 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1897 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' sixth season. The team was led by head coach John Heisman, in his third year, and finished with a record of two wins, zero losses and one tie (2–0–1 overall, 2–0–1 in the SIAA).

The team featured brothers Jim and John Penton.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Mercer

The season opened with a 26–0 defeat of Mercer. Fearing Georgia scouts watching for signals, Auburn did not use any throughout the game.

Nashville

Auburn beat Nashville 14–4 in a duel between fullbacks Jim Penton and Bradley Walker.

Sewanee

Auburn fought Sewanee to a scoreless tie.

Postseason

The team finished $700 in debt, and Heisman was the actor, director, and producer of David Garrick to raise the money. As such, he is founder of Auburn's first theatrical group: The A.P.I. Dramatic Club.

References

(October 24, 1897). "Auburn wins the first game". The Atlanta Constitution.
(October 30, 1897). "Alabama boys are winners". The Nashville American.
(October 31, 1897). "Sewanee 0, Auburn 0". The Times-Democrat.
(2009). "2009 Auburn Football Media Guide". Auburn Media Relations Office.
J. W. Heisman. (February 9, 1915). "Dixie's Football Hall of Fame". The Tennessean.
"Auburn theatrical legend John Heisman put on, starred in play to save Auburn football".

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