| Year: | 1897 |
| Team: | Princeton Tigers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 10–1 |
| Head Coach: | None |
| Captain: | Garrett Cochran |
The 1897 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 10–1 record. The Tigers won their first ten games by a combined score of 339 to 0, but then lost the last game of the season by a 6–0 score against Yale.[1] Two Princeton players, halfback Addison Kelly and end Garrett Cochran, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1897 College Football All-America Team.[2]