1917 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1917 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
1917 record6–3–1
Head coach
CaptainRussell Bailey
Seasons
← 1916
1919 →
1917 Southern college football independents records
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 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its second season under head coach Mont McIntire, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 161 to 50.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29PittsburghMorgantown, WV (rivalry)L 9–14
October 6at NavyAnnapolis, MDW 7–0
October 13CarlisleMorgantown, WVW 21–0
October 20at DartmouthHanover, NHL 2–6
October 27GettysburgMorgantown, WVW 60–0
November 3at Rutgers
T 7–7
November 10vs. VPIHuntington, WV (rivalry)W 27–3
November 17vs. Washington & JeffersonFairmont, WVW 7–0
November 24vs. West Virginia WesleyanClarksburg, WVL 0–20
November 29North Carolina A&MMorgantown, WVW 21–0

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 West Virginia Football Record Book" (PDF). West Virginia University. 2014. p. 176.
  2. ^ "1917 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
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