1917 Camp Funston football team

The 1917 Camp Funston football team represented the United States Army's 89th Infantry Division based at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, near Manhattan, Kansas, during the 1917 college football season. The team was coached by Paul Withington, who had been the head coach at Wisconsin in 1916.

1917 Camp Funston football
ConferenceIndependent
1917 record7–3
Head coach
1917 military service football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Mare Island Marines   –    8 –0 –0
Mineola Aviation Station   –    3 –0 –0
Camp Dix   –    2 –0 –0
Camp Jackson   –    2 –0 –1
Allentown Ambulance Corps   –    5 –1 –0
Camp Custer   –    5 –1 –0
Camp Gordon   –    5 –1 –0
Charlestown Navy Yard   –    3 –1 –0
Camp Funston   –    7 –3 –0
Camp Lewis   –    5 –2 –1
Newport Naval Reserves   –    5 –2 –1
Camp Grant   –    3 –1 –0
Camp Taylor   –    2 –1 –0
Great Lakes Navy   –    4 –3 –0
Camp Devens   –    1 –2 –2
Camp Meade   –    1 –2 –0
League Island Marines   –    1 –3 –0
Camp Upton   –    0 –1 –0

The team's leading players included Potsy Clark and Adrian Lindsey.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
13th CavalryW 49–0[1]
October 13at Saint Marys (KS)St. Marys, KSW 10–0[2]
October 20Iowa State Teacher's
  • Camp Funston
  • Kansas
W 33–0[3]
October 27Colorado College
W 46–0[1]
November 3Kendall
  • Camp Funston
  • Kansas
W 15–6[4]
November 24vs. Great Lakes Navy
W 7–015,000[5]
November 29Illinois
  • Camp Funston
  • Kansas
L 0–28[6]
November 29vs. Camp Doniphan
W 11–02,000[7]
December 1vs. Camp DodgeOmaha, NEL 0–37,000[8]
December 17at Camp MacArthurWaco, TXL 6–12[9]

References
  1. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918. American Sports Publishing Co. 1918. p. 109.
  2. "Camp Funston Soldiers Defeated St. Mary's, 10-0". The Wichita Eagle. October 14, 1917. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Camp Funston Eleven Wallops Iowa Teachers". The Topeka Daily Capital. October 21, 1917. p. 18B8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Kendall First To Damage Soldiers". Tulsa Daily World. November 4, 1917. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Funston Beats Great Lakes, 7-0, in Great Scrap". Chicago Tribune. November 25, 1917. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Funston Loses First Game: Illinois Triumphs Over Army Lads, 28 to 0". The Junction City Union. November 30, 1917. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Camp Funston, With Capt. Stankowski at Helm, Wins 11 to 0 From Camp Doniphan Team". Joplin News Herald. November 30, 1917. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
  8. "Dodge Camp Beats Funston". Sunday State Journal. December 2, 1917. p. 4A – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Camp Funston Lost To Camp MacArthur". Houston Daily Post. December 18, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.


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