1917 Camp Funston football team
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The 1917 Camp Funston football team represented the United States Army's 89th Infantry Division based at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, near Manhattan, Kansas, during the 1917 college football season. The team was coached by Paul Withington, who had been the head coach at Wisconsin in 1916.
The team's leading players included Potsy Clark and Adrian Lindsey.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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13th Cavalry | W 49–0 | [1] | |||
October 13 | at Saint Marys (KS) | St. Marys, KS | W 10–0 | [2] | |
October 20 | Iowa State Teacher's |
| W 33–0 | [3] | |
October 27 | Colorado College |
| W 46–0 | [1] | |
November 3 | Kendall |
| W 15–6 | [4] | |
November 24 | vs. Great Lakes Navy |
| W 7–0 | 15,000 | [5] |
November 29 | Illinois |
| L 0–28 | [6] | |
November 29 | vs. Camp Doniphan |
| W 11–0 | 2,000 | [7] |
December 1 | vs. Camp Dodge | Omaha, NE | L 0–3 | 7,000 | [8] |
December 17 | at Camp MacArthur | Waco, TX | L 6–12 | [9] |
References
- ^ a b Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918. American Sports Publishing Co. 1918. p. 109.
- ^ "Camp Funston Soldiers Defeated St. Mary's, 10-0". The Wichita Eagle. October 14, 1917. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Camp Funston Eleven Wallops Iowa Teachers". The Topeka Daily Capital. October 21, 1917. p. 18B8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kendall First To Damage Soldiers". Tulsa Daily World. November 4, 1917. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Funston Beats Great Lakes, 7-0, in Great Scrap". Chicago Tribune. November 25, 1917. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Funston Loses First Game: Illinois Triumphs Over Army Lads, 28 to 0". The Junction City Union. November 30, 1917. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Camp Funston, With Capt. Stankowski at Helm, Wins 11 to 0 From Camp Doniphan Team". Joplin News Herald. November 30, 1917. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
- ^ "Dodge Camp Beats Funston". Sunday State Journal. December 2, 1917. p. 4A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Camp Funston Lost To Camp MacArthur". Houston Daily Post. December 18, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.