1917 Geneva Covenanters football team

1917 Geneva Covenanters football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Philip Henry Bridenbaugh (1st season)

1917 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pittsburgh			–					10	–	0	–	0
Williams			–					7	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					9	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	2	–	3
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					0	–	6	–	1

The 1917 Geneva Covenanters football team represented the Geneva College during the 1917 college football season. The head coach was Philip Henry Bridenbaugh, coaching the team in his first year. The team finished the season with a final record of 5–3–1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 27	Washington & Jefferson	Beaver Falls, PA	L 0–36
	Westminster (PA)	Beaver Falls, PA	W 23–7
	Grove City	Beaver Falls, PA	T 7–7
	Allegheny	Beaver Falls, PA	L 0–39
	Thiel	Beaver Falls, PA	W 3–0
	Bethany (WV)	Beaver Falls, PA	L 6–25
	St. Bonaventure	Beaver Falls, PA	W 32–0
	Barnetts	Beaver Falls, PA	W 17–0
	Camp Sherman	Beaver Falls, PA	W 26–0