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1917 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

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1917 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–3 (0–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Park Stadium
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 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
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.

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Charleston Navy*W 19–7
October 13at Presbyterian*Clinton, SCL 0–7
October 20Erskine*
  • College Park Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 18–7
November 3Newberry*
  • College Park Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 32–7
November 8vs. Clemson
L 0–20
November 29at South Carolina
L 0–20[4]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 143. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "Gamecocks win over Bulldogs". The State. November 30, 1917. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.