1917 Colorado Silver and Gold football team

1917 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
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1917 Colorado Silver and Gold football
1917 Colorado Silver and Gold football
Conference	Rocky Mountain Conference
1917 record	6–2 (4–2 RMC)
Head coach	Bob Evans (2nd season);
Captain	Wilbur Adams
Home stadium	Gamble Field
	Seasons ← 1916 1918 →

The 1917 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1917 college football season. Led by Bob Evans in his second and final year as head coach, Colorado compiled an overall record of 6–2 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing third in the RMC.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 22	Colorado alumni*	Gamble Field Boulder, CO	W 6–0
September 29	at Colorado Teachers*	Greeley, CO	W 54–0
October 13	at Denver	Denver, CO	L 0–7
October 20	vs. Colorado Mines	Denver, CO	W 12–0
November 3	Colorado College	Gamble Field Boulder, CO	W 18–17
November 10	Utah	Gamble Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	W 18–9	^[4]
November 17	at Utah Agricultural	Adams Field Logan, UT	L 0–23	^[5]
November 29	at Colorado Agricultural	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)	W 6–0	^[6]
*Non-conference game

^ "2015 Media Guide" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Colorado Athletic Department. 2015. pp. 128–130. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
^ "1917 Football Schedule". CUBuffs.com. University of Colorado Athletics. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ "1917 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ "Utah unable to hold nine-score lead and succumbs to Boulder". The Salt Lake Herald-Republican. November 11, 1917. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Utah Aggies 'bust' Boulders, 23 to 0". The Salt Lake Telegram. November 18, 1917. p. 4. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Colorado U. Beats Aggies". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. November 30, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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1917 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Denver $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Utah Agricultural	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	0	–	1
Colorado	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Colorado Mines	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Colorado College	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Utah	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Wyoming	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Montana State	0	–	1	–	2	0	–	2	–	2
Colorado Agricultural	0	–	7	–	1	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion