North American sport in 1897
PreviewPlayed: 8.
Source: the site's league, college, national-team and racing records; the Universal Index for the live table · as of 20 Oct 2026
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1860s
mlbNational League pennant
Boston Beaneaters
nhlStanley Cup
Montreal Victorias
cfbCollege football national title
mbbNCAA men's basketball championship
The year, month by month
January: nothing in this view
February
- Ice hockeyStanley CupMontreal Victorias
- Season
- 1897
- Date
- 27 Feb
- Note
- Stanley Cup Champions
March
- BasketballNCAA men's basketball championshipYale
- Season
- 1897
- Date
- 31 Mar
- Note
- P-P Champ
April: nothing in this view
May
- Horse racingKentucky DerbyTyphoon II
- Season
- 1897
- Venue
- Churchill Downs
- Date
- 12 May
June
- Horse racingPreakness StakesPaul Kauvar
- Season
- 1897
- Venue
- Gravesend
- Date
- 8 Jun
- Horse racingBelmont StakesScottish Chieftain
- Season
- 1897
- Venue
- Morris Park
- Date
- 10 Jun
Jul to Sep: nothing in this view
October
- BaseballNational League pennantBoston Beaneaters
- Season
- 1897
- Date
- 3 Oct
- Note
- NL Champions
- BaseballTemple CupBaltimore Orioles
- Season
- 1897
- Date
- 11 Oct
- Note
- Temple Cup Winners
November
- FootballCollege football national titlePennsylvania
- Season
- 1897
- Date
- 25 Nov
- Note
- National Champions
December: nothing in this view
The year in perspective
Champions crowned
- Horse racing3
- Baseball2
- Basketball1
- Football1
- Ice hockey1
Not tracked yet
- College football: no result or not-held entry for 1871, 1901, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1938, 1950, 1953, 1967, 1985
- USA women's basketball: five nations_elo_events rows dated 11 to 17 Mar 2026 are left out; they are the San Juan qualifying group's fixtures, which the USA did not play.
- nations_elo_events holds no hockey-w rows for United States since 2025-10-01: USA women's hockey has no match-based windows
- nations_elo_events holds no hockey-w rows for Canada since 2025-10-01: Canada women's hockey has no match-based windows
- Researched rows adjusted or left off because a date is not sourced: chockey-2526-conf left off: start not sourced; chockey-2627-conf left off: start not sourced; chockey-2526-final folded into the block that contains it
- Not tracked yet: Olympic and World Cup tournaments of other sports have no lane (the World Baseball Classic and the Olympic Games sit on the world lane)