1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

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1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1917 record2–5
Head coach
CaptainErnest S. Wilson
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   7 – 0 – 0
Presbyterian   –   8 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   7 – 1 – 0
North Texas State Normal   –   6 – 1 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   8 – 2 – 0
Spring Hill   –   4 – 2 – 0
West Virginia   –   6 – 3 – 1
Southwest Texas State   –   5 – 3 – 0
West Tennessee State Normal   –   3 – 2 – 0
Texas Mines   –   0 – 0 – 1
Kentucky   –   3 – 5 – 1
Oglethorpe   –   1 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest   –   1 – 6 – 1
Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 1

The 1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented Delaware College (later renamed the University of Delaware) as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Stan Baumgartner, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 108 to 20. Ernest S. Wilson was the team captain.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 6at Maryland StateCollege Park, MDL 0–20
October 13at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 7–0
October 20Western MarylandNewark, DEL 0–10
October 27DickinsonNewark, DEL 0–9
November 3GallaudetNewark, DEW 13–7
November 10at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–35
November 17SwarthmoreNewark, DEL 0–27

References[]

  1. ^ "Delaware Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "2012 Blue Hens Football Media Guide". University of Delaware. 2012. p. 156. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
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