1917 Tulane Olive and Blue football team

1917 Tulane Olive and Blue football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–3 (2–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Clark Shaughnessy (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Home stadium	Second Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 2,500)

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 Tulane Olive and Blue football team represented Tulane University during the 1917 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 6	Jefferson College (LA)*	New Orleans, LA	W 32–0
October 13	Spring Hill*	New Orleans, LA	W 28–0
October 20	at Florida	Gainesville, FL	W 52–0
October 27	141st Field Artillery*	New Orleans, LA	W 19–0
November 2	at Texas A&M*	College Station, TX	L 0–35
November 10	Georgia Tech	New Orleans, LA	L 0–48
November 17	Rice*	New Orleans, LA	L 0–16
November 29	at LSU	Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	W 28–6
*Non-conference game