1897 College Football Season Imperialism Map

Chicago Maroons21–12Michigan Wolverines+3 territories

Territory Changes

Team Territory Control

This table shows all teams sorted by the number of territories they control.

Final standings: the Yale Bulldogs finished on top with 9 of 35 territories (25.7%).

Team Territories Controlled
Yale Bulldogs 9 (25.7%)
Pennsylvania Quakers 8 (22.9%)
Wisconsin Badgers 5 (14.3%)
Chicago Maroons 3 (8.6%)
Iowa Hawkeyes 2 (5.7%)
Iowa State Cyclones 2 (5.7%)
Boston College Eagles 1 (2.9%)
Cincinnati Bearcats 1 (2.9%)
Holy Cross Crusaders 1 (2.9%)
Navy Midshipmen 1 (2.9%)
Purdue Boilermakers 1 (2.9%)
Villanova Wildcats 1 (2.9%)

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Map Features

  • Drag the timeline slider to any week of the season
  • Updated after every Saturday (and weeknight MACtion)
  • Filter by conference - watch the SEC cannibalize itself
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  • Click any territory to trace its conquest history
  • Explore seasons going back to the league's first year

How College Football Territory Conquest Works

At the start of each season, every team owns the territory closest to their stadium. Win a game, take ALL of your opponent's land. Lose, and everything you built disappears. Simple rules, brutal consequences.

Territory Rules

  • Each team owns the land closest to their stadium
  • Win = take ALL of the loser's territory
  • Lose = lose everything
  • Bowl games and playoffs follow the same winner-takes-all rules
  • Neutral site games follow standard territory rules
  • Territory accumulates all season - no resets until next year

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Data sources: Game data from Sports Reference; venue data from VenueStats .

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Season Records

The standout territory feats of the season.

Biggest Land Grab
+7
Yale Bulldogs
in a single week (2-11)
Longest Reign
6
Princeton Tigers
straight weeks as leader
Most Conquered
8
Yale Bulldogs
territories taken all season
Biggest Collapse
−7
Princeton Tigers
lost in one week (2-11)

Team Directory

Each team's season at a glance — weeks spent leading the map, largest empire, territory conquered, and the rise-and-fall sparkline. Sorted by who dominated.

Princeton Tigers

Princeton Stadium

6 weeks led peak 7 +6 taken

Yale Bulldogs

Yale Bowl

2 weeks led peak 9 +8 taken

Cornell Big Red

Schoellkopf Field

1 week led peak 3 +2 taken

Pennsylvania Quakers

Franklin Field

0 weeks led peak 8 +7 taken

Wisconsin Badgers

Camp Randall Stadium

0 weeks led peak 5 +4 taken

Chicago Maroons

Stagg Field

0 weeks led peak 4 +6 taken

Iowa Hawkeyes

Iowa Field

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Illinois Fighting Illini

Gies Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Boston College Eagles

Alumni Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Cincinnati Bearcats

American Park

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Holy Cross Crusaders

Fitton Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Army Black Knights

The Plain

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Dartmouth

Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Missouri Tigers

Faurot Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

New York University

Ohio Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Notre Dame Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Ohio State Buckeyes

Recreation Park

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Penn State Nittany Lions

Beaver Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Virginia Cavaliers

Scott Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

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