1897 Chicago Dental Infirmary football team

1897 Chicago Dental Infirmary football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2–1
Captains
  • S. Midgely (right halfback)
  • Miller
Home stadiumChicago Dental grounds, Rockwood street and Ogden avenue
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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
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
Lincoln (MO)    0 1 0
South Dakota Agricultural    0 1 0
Washington University    0 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural    0 3 0

The 1897 Chicago Dental Infirmary football team was an American football team that represented the Chicago Dental Infirmary in the 1897 college football season. The Dents, as they were occasionally known, compiled a 2–2–1, and were outscored by their opponents 97 to 48, with a majority of the lost points coming at the hands of Notre Dame, who shut them out 62–0. In a game for the unofficial title of "Western Dental college champion", Chicago Dental lost 0–14 to Northwestern University Dental department.