1917 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

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1917 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–3 (0–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Park Stadium
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Auburn 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Clemson 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Centre 1 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Mississippi A&M 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Alabama 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Sewanee 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Tulane 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
LSU 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Wofford 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Furman 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 4 – 1
Howard (AL) 0 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
The Citadel 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Mississippi College 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1917 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1917 college football season. Harry J. O'Brien served as coach for the second season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and played home games at College Park Stadium in Hampton Park.[1][2][3]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Charleston Navy*
W 19–7
October 13Presbyterian*
  • College Park Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
L 0–7[4]
October 20Erskine*
  • College Park Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 18–7[5]
October 27Newberry*
  • College Park Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 32–7[6]
November 8vs. Clemson
L 0–20[7]
November 29at South Carolina
L 0–20[8]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 143. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "Presbyterians beat Citadel". Greensboro Daily News. October 14, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Citadel Cadets down Seceders". The State. October 21, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Citadel defeats Newberry easily". The Columbia Record. October 28, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Clemson downed Citadel eleven". The Greenville News. November 9, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Gamecocks win over Bulldogs". The State. November 30, 1917. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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