1997 Towson Tigers football team
1997 Towson Tigers football | |
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Conference | Patriot League |
Record | 2–8 (0–6 Patriot) |
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Home stadium | Minnegan Stadium |
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Colgate $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Bucknell | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Towson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Towson University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its first year of Patriot League play, Towson finished last.
For their sixth year under head coach Gordy Combs, the Tigers claim a 3–7 overall record, 1–5 in their inaugural Patriot League campaign.[1]
The team's record book counts the season-opening Holy Cross matchup as a Towson win, though the university agreed in October 1997 to forfeit the match, as it had used an academically ineligible player in that game.[2]
The Patriot League lists Towson's record as 2–8 overall, 0–6 in league play, the worst record in the league. Towson was outscored 233 to 126.[3] Without the forfeit, Towson's league record would have improved to 1–5 and Holy Cross' would have dropped to 1–5, placing the Tigers and Crusaders in a tie for last place.
Towson played its home games at Minnegan Stadium on the university campus in Towson, Maryland.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 6 | Monmouth* | W 22–21 | 1,769 | [4] | |||
September 13 | Holy Cross |
| L 27–7‡ | 2,000 | [5][2] | ||
September 20 | Lehigh |
| L 14–16 | 2,765 | [6] | ||
September 27 | at Columbia* | L 6–16 | 2,710 | [7] | |||
October 4 | at Penn* | L 14–26 | 6,806 | [8] | |||
October 18 | Robert Morris* |
| W 33–30 | 3,525 | [9] | ||
October 25 | at Lafayette | L 0–38 | 5,159 | [10] | |||
November 1 | at Fordham | L 7–12 | 721 | [11] | |||
November 8 | at Colgate | L 3–34 | 2,000 | [12] | |||
November 15 | Bucknell |
| L 0–33 | 2,235 | [13] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Year-by-Year Results". Towson Football 2019 Media Guide (PDF). Towson, Md.: Towson University. p. 105. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ a b Free, Bill (October 3, 1997). "Forfeit Forces Towson to Look Again for First Patriot League Victory". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 6. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Free, Bill (September 7, 1997). "Smith Rallies Towson Past Monmouth, 22-21". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 11E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Free, Bill (September 14, 1997). "Towson Routs Holy Cross in Patriot Debut". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 10C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (September 21, 1997). "Lehigh Gets Its Phil in Win Over Towson". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hughes, Sarah (September 28, 1997). "Columbia's Defense Too Tough for Towson". Daily News (racing final ed.). New York, N.Y. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jensen, Mike (October 5, 1997). "Quakers Halt Rally and Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hensley, Jamison (October 19, 1997). "Towson Fills Gaps, Rushing to 33-30 Victory". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 10C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 26, 1997). "Lafayette Shuts Out Towson". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dibari, Joe (November 2, 1997). "Towson Fakes Itself Out, Loses to Fordham, 12-7". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 9C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hickling, Dan (November 26, 1997). "Colgate Rolls Past Towson in the Rain, 34-3". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 7C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hoeflich, Mark (November 16, 1997). "Towson Ends with Whimper, 33-0". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 7C – via Newspapers.com.