1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the 1917 college football season. Marshall posted a 1–7–1 record, being outscored by its opposition 7–345. Home games were played on a campus field called "Central Field" which is presently Campus Commons.[1][2]

1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceIndependent
1917 record1–7–1
Head coach
Home stadiumCentral Field
1917 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Middle Tennessee      7 0 0
Presbyterian      8 1 0
Navy      7 1 0
Spring Hill      4 2 0
West Virginia      6 3 1
Southwest Texas      5 3 0
Kentucky      3 5 1
Oglethorpe      1 2 0
Delaware      2 5 0
Wake Forest      1 6 1
Marshall      1 7 1

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30Rio Grande
W Forfeit
October 6at Denison Granville, OHL 0–94
October 13at Marietta Marietta, OHL 0–68
October 20Otterbein
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV
L 0–37
October 27at Georgetown (KY) Georgetown, KYL 0–61
November 10at Greenbrier Military Academy Lewisburg, WVL 0–38
November 17at Muskingum L 0–28
November 24Morris Harvey
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV
T 7–7
November 29Huntington HS
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV
L 0–12
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2008. p. 183. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. "1917 Marshall Thundering Herd Schedule". Herdzone.com. HerdZone. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
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