The 1897 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1897 college football season. In their third year of football, and first year under head coach Vernon Louis Parrington, the Sooners compiled a 2-0 record, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 33 to 8.This was also the first season in which the team played outside Norman, when they played a neutral site game against Kingfisher College in the territorial capital of Guthrie.