1917 Lehigh Brown and White football team

The 1917 Lehigh Brown and White football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Tom Keady, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 228 to 78.[1] Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

1917 Lehigh Brown and White football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh     10 0 0
Williams     7 0 1
Yale     3 0 0
Princeton     2 0 0
Syracuse     8 1 1
Army     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 1
Penn     9 2 0
Brown     8 2 0
Fordham     7 2 0
Lehigh     7 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 3 0
Colgate     4 2 0
Harvard     3 1 3
New Hampshire     3 2 2
Dartmouth     5 3 0
Geneva     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Buffalo     4 4 0
NYU     2 2 3
Tufts     3 3 0
Carnegie Tech     2 3 1
Bucknell     3 5 1
Lafayette     3 5 0
Holy Cross     3 4 0
Rhode Island State     2 4 2
Carlisle     3 6 0
Columbia     2 4 0
Delaware     2 5 0
Cornell     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 6 0
Villanova     0 3 2
Temple     0 6 1

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 297th Infantry (Gettysburg Camp)W 7–0[2]
October 6Ursinus
  • Taylor Stadium
  • South Bethlehem, PA
W 13–7
October 13at PittsburghL 0–41
October 20Georgetown
  • Taylor Stadium
  • South Bethlehem, PA
L 6–17[3]
October 27Lebanon Valley
  • Taylor Stadium
  • South Bethlehem, PA
W 34–7
November 3Muhlenberg
  • Taylor Stadium
  • South Bethlehem, PA
W 47–0
November 10at Penn StateW 9–0
November 17Pennsylvania Military
  • Taylor Stadium
  • South Bethlehem, PA
W 34–6[4]
November 24Lafayette
  • Taylor Stadium
  • South Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)
W 78–0

References

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  1. ^ "1917 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lehigh Given Hard Battle By Soldiers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 30, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Georgetown Hands Lehigh Surprise". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lehigh Spanks Cadet Eleven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 18, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.