1917 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1917 The Citadel Bulldogs football
1917 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	3–3 (0–2 SIAA)
Head coach	Harry J. O'Brien (2nd season);
Home stadium	College Park Stadium
	Seasons ← 1916 1918 →

The 1917 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1917 college football season. Harry J. O'Brien served as coach for the second season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and played home games at College Park Stadium in Hampton Park.^[1]^[2]^[3]

1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	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
Centre	1	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Alabama	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Sewanee	4	–	2	–	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
South Carolina	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Wofford	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Furman	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	4	–	1
Howard (AL)	0	–	2	–	1	3	–	3	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	5	–	0

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	Charleston Navy*	College Park Stadium Charleston, SC	W 19–7
October 13	Presbyterian*	College Park Stadium Charleston, SC	L 0–7	^[4]
October 20	Erskine*	College Park Stadium Charleston, SC	W 18–7	^[5]
October 27	Newberry*	College Park Stadium Charleston, SC	W 32–7	^[6]
November 8	vs. Clemson	County Fairgrounds Orangeburg, SC	L 0–20	^[7]
November 29	at South Carolina	Davis Field Columbia, SC	L 0–20	^[8]
*Non-conference game

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^ "Presbyterians beat Citadel". Greensboro Daily News. October 14, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Citadel Cadets down Seceders". The State. October 21, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Citadel defeats Newberry easily". The Columbia Record. October 28, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Clemson downed Citadel eleven". The Greenville News. November 9, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Gamecocks win over Bulldogs". The State. November 30, 1917. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.