The 1897 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1897 college football season.David Ungrady, Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, 2003, p. 5, Sports Publishing LLC. The team was led by second-year head coach Grenville Lewis.All-Time Coaching Record , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 25, 2010.
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Players The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:All-Time Lettermen , p. 17–22, 2007 Terrapin Football Record Book, University of Maryland, 2007. James Blandford, guard William Bouscaren, halfback Dorsey Cashell, guard Grant C. Church, end Sam Cooke, fullback Charles Gibbons, halfback Wade Hinebaugh, end Frank Kenly, quarterback John Lillibridge, end and captain-coach Charles Ridgeley, tackle/fullback James Shipley, center
Non-letterwinners:Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952, p. 30, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952. Fred Bell, tackle Vernon Rollins, tackle Ed Speake, tackle Bob Hildebrand, guard Harry Stanford, guard Hanson Mitchell, quarterback Levin Dericksen, halfback George Peterson, halfback
Manager: John Mitchell
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