1917 college football season

1917 NCAA football season

Georgia Tech's backfield.

Total # of teams

88^[1]

Number of bowls

College football seasons
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The 1917 NCAA football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Georgia Tech as national champions, the South's first.^[2] Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Williams, and Washington State were also undefeated, and one-loss Navy was strong.

Tech coach John Heisman challenged Pitt coach Pop Warner to a postseason contest to determine a national champion, but as such a match did not occur until the next season, Tech was named national champion. The Golden Tornado was invited to play a 4–3 Oregon team in the Rose Bowl, but by then many players had joined the war effort.

In the second week of play, Georgia Tech beat Penn 41–0. Bernie McCarty called it "Strupper's finest hour, coming through against powerful Penn in the contest that shocked the East." By comparison, Pitt defeated Penn 14–6.^[3]

Conference and program changes

Michigan rejoined the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives (commonly known as the Big Nine Conference) after a nine-year absence. As such, the league was first unofficially coined the Big Ten, the name it possesses today.

School	1916 Conference	1917 Conference
Michigan Wolverines	Independent	Big Ten (was Big Nine)
Montana Agricultural Bobcats	Independent	Rocky Mountain
Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels	Program Established	Independent
Southwestern (TX) Pirates	Southwest	Independent

September

September 29 In a doubleheader, Georgia Tech beat Furman and then Wake Forest; 25–0 and 33–0 respectively. Navy beat Davidson 27–6. Pitt beat West Virginia 14–9.

October

October 6 Georgia Tech beat Penn at home 41 to 0. Centre beat KMI 104–0. West Virginia beat Navy 6–0. Williams beat Cornell 14–10.

October 13 Georgia Tech beat Davidson 32–10, its closest game all season. DePauw beat Centre 6–0. Syracuse beat Rutgers 14–10. Wisconsin tied Notre Dame 0–0.

October 20 Georgia Tech beat Washington & Lee 63–0. Auburn beat Clemson 7–0. Pittsburgh beat Syracuse 28–0. Nebraska beat Notre 7–0. Washington State beat Oregon 26–3.

October 27 Undefeated Pittsburgh beat Penn on the road 14 to 6. Auburn beat Mississippi A&M 13–6.

November

November 3 Georgia Tech gave Vanderbilt its worst ever beating, 83–0.^[4] Auburn crushed Florida 68–0. Centre beat Kentucky 3–0. Texas A&M beat Tulane 35–0. Wisconsin beat Minnesota 10–7. Illinois tied Chicago 0–0. Rutgers tied West Virginia 3–3.

November 10 A freshman Buck Flowers at Davidson upset Auburn 21–7. All of Georgia Tech's backs rushed for 100 yards in a 48–0 defeat of Tulane.^[5] Texas A&M beat Baylor 7–0. Ohio State beat Wisconsin 16–3. Navy beat Georgetown 28–7.

November 17 Georgia Tech beat Carlisle 98–0. Penn beat Michigan 16–0. Ohio State beat Illinois 13–0.

November 24 Auburn fought undefeated Ohio State to a scoreless tie. Coach Heisman of Georgia Tech(who previously coached at Auburn) and his players were at the game, rooting for the Tigers. Minnesota beat Illinois 27–6.

November 29 Georgia Tech beat Auburn 68 to 7. Davidson beat Clemson 21–9. Mississippi A&M beat Haskell 7–6.

Rose Bowl

The Mare Island Marines would defeat Camp Lewis 19-7 in the 1918 Rose Bowl.

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1917 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Ohio State $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	1	–	0	4	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	2	–	1
Illinois	2	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Chicago	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	2	–	1
Indiana	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Michigan	0	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Iowa	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Purdue	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1917 college football independents records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
USC		–		4	–	2	–	1
Montana		–		1	–	4	–	0

1917 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Nebraska $	2	–	0	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Kansas	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Kansas State	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Missouri	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Washington (MO)	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Drake	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	5	–	2

$ – Conference champion

1917 PCC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Washington State $	3	–	0	–	0	6	–	0	–	0^
California	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Oregon Agricultural	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	2	–	1
Oregon	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Washington	0	–	2	–	1	1	–	2	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^1 tie game recognized by WSU, but not Pac-12

1917 RMFAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Denver $	4	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Utah State	3	–	0	–	0	7	–	0	–	1
Colorado	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Colorado Mines	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Colorado College	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Utah	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Colorado Agricultural	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1917 SAIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgetown $	2	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&M	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
VPI	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Richmond	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	2	–	1
Maryland State	2	–	1	–	1	3	–	3	–	1
Davidson	1	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
VMI	1	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1917 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia Tech $	4	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Auburn	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	1	–	1	4	–	2	–	2
Alabama	2	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Tulane	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Wofford	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Furman	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	4	–	1
Howard	0	–	2	–	1	0	–	2	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

1917 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Texas A&M $	2	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Baylor	3	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Oklahoma	1	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Texas	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma A&M	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Arkansas	0	–	1	–	1	5	–	1	–	1

$ – Conference champion

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association	Virginia Union	2–0–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Alma	4–0–0
Ohio Athletic Conference	Miami (OH)	5–0–1

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1917 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Benny Boynton	5'9"	163	So.	Waco, Texas	Williams
HB	Elmer Oliphant	5'7"	180	Sr.	Bloomfield, Indiana	Army
HB	Everett Strupper	5'7"	148	Sr.	Columbus, Georgia	Georgia Tech
FB	Chic Harley	5'11"	171	Jr.	Chicago, Illinois	Ohio State
E	Charles Bolen			Sr.	Marion, Indiana	Ohio State
E	Heinie Miller	5'10"	185	Jr.	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	Penn
T	George Hauser			Sr.	Council Bluffs, Iowa	Minnesota
G	Dale Sies	6'1"	203	Sr.	Ames, Iowa	Pittsburgh
G	Jock Sutherland			Sr.	Coupar Angus, Scotland	Pittsburgh
C	Frank Rydzewski	6'1"	220	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois	Notre Dame
G	Eugene Neeley			Sr.	Dallas, Texas	Dartmouth
T	Alf Cobb	5'11"	210	Sr.	Athol, Massachusetts	Syracuse
E	Paul Robeson	6'3"	219	Jr.	Princeton, New Jersey	Rutgers

Statistical leaders

Team scoring most points: Georgia Tech, 491
Player scoring most points: Bill Ingram, Navy, 162
Player scoring most touchdowns: Albert Hill, Georgia Tech, 23
Player scoring most goals after touchdown: Bill Fincher, Georgia Tech, 49
Rushing yards leader: Everett Strupper, Georgia Tech, 1150
Rushing avg. leader: Everett Strupper, 10.1

References

↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1917.htm
↑ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. pp. 76–77. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
↑ "1917 Pittsburgh Panthers". databaseFootball.com.
↑ Edwin Pope. Football's Greatest Coaches. p. 344.
↑ "Tech Swamps Tulane" (PDF). The Technique. November 13, 1917. p. 4.

NCAA football seasons

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