1917 Camp Gordon football team
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The 1917 Camp Gordon football team represented Camp Gordon near Augusta, Georgia, during the 1917 college football season.
The team was led by a backfield of former Auburn back and war hero Kirk Newell, former Mercer back Cochran, former Georgia halfback Bob McWhorter, and former Vanderbilt back Wilson Collins. Former Alabama fullback Adrian Van de Graaff backed up Collins. Kid Woodruff of Georgia backed up Newell at quarterback.
On the line, the teams ends were former Virginia player James L. White and former Auburn player Henry W. Robinson. VMI's Blandy Clarkson and Chicago's Royal were tackles. Dartmouth's Lewis and Charles Brown of Vanderbilt were guards. James Bond of Pitt was the team's center. Georgia's Tom Thrash was a sub tackle.[1]
Walter Camp Jr. officiated the Camp Hancock game. Oglethorpe's coach Frank B. Anderson was umpire.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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Oglethorpe | Atlanta, GA | W 53–0 | |||
October 27 | Camp Hancock |
| W 26–0 | [2] | |
November 10 | at Camp Jackson | Columbia, SC | L 0–10 | [3] | |
November 16 | Tennessee (SATC) |
| W 38–0 | [4] | |
Fort Oglethorpe | W 38–0 | ||||
November 29 | at Alabama | W 19–6 | [5] |
References
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120604185111/https://www.rolltide.com/datadump/fls_files/files/football/1910s/1917.pdf
- ^ Dick Jemison (October 28, 1917). "Camp Gordon Eleven Wins Over Camp Hancock, 26-0". The Atlanta Constitution. pp. 3–4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gordon Eleven Loses To Jackson". The Atlanta Constitution. November 11, 1917. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gen. Erwin's Steam Rollers Blanked University of Tennessee on Camp Field". The Atlanta Constitution. November 17, 1917. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gordon Steam Rollers Win Over Thin Red Line". The Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.