The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club (DC&AC) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania played its third season of American football in 1897.

The team compiled a record of 8–3.

With a victory over the Pittsburgh Athletic Club on November 20, DC&AC won the local (Allegheny County) championship and was awarded a trophy cup donated by W.S.

Brown; however, the team fell short of Western Pennsylvania championship honors.

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