1917 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1917 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its second season under head coach Mont McIntire, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 161 to 50.[1][2]

1917 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
CaptainRussell Bailey
Seasons
← 1916
1919 →
1917 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee State Normal     7 0 0
Presbyterian     8 1 0
Navy     7 1 0
North Texas State Normal     6 1 0
Spring Hill     4 2 0
West Virginia     6 3 1
Southwest Texas State     5 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal     3 2 0
Texas Mines     0 0 1
Kentucky     3 5 1
Oglethorpe     1 2 0
Sam Houston Normal     1 3 0
Wake Forest     1 6 1
Marshall     1 7 1
Tennessee (SATC)     0 3 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Pittsburgh
L 9–144,000–5,000[3][4]
October 6at NavyW 7–0[5]
October 13Carlisle
  • Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 21–0[6]
October 20at Dartmouth
L 2–6[7]
October 27Gettysburg
  • Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 60–0[8]
November 3at Rutgers
T 7–7[9]
November 10vs. VPI
W 27–34,000[10]
November 17vs. Washington & JeffersonFairmont, WVW 7–0[11]
November 24vs. West Virginia WesleyanClarksburg, WVL 0–20[12]
November 29North Carolina A&M
  • Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 21–0[13]

References

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  1. ^ "2014 West Virginia Football Record Book" (PDF). West Virginia University. 2014. p. 176.
  2. ^ "1917 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  3. ^ Guy, Richard (September 30, 1917). "Panthers Get Scare After Scoring twice in First Period". The Gazette Times. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Panthers Win Tough Battle". The Pittsburg Press. September 30, 1917. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Here's a surprise; West Virginia University trims the Navy eleven". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 7, 1917. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Indians defeated by West Virginia". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 14, 1917. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dartmouth line too strong for West Virginia". The Springfield Union. October 21, 1917. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Dartmouth line too strong for West Virginia". The Springfield Union. October 21, 1917. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Teams again play another tie game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1917. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Techs Are Defeated". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 11, 1917. p. 27. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  11. ^ "Wash-Jeff beaten by West Virginia in Fairmont fray". The Pittsburgh Post. November 18, 1917. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "West Virginia gets surprise of season". The Sun. November 25, 1917. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "West Virginia outclasses Southerners". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 30, 1917. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.