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1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

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1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7–1
Head coach
CaptainMorris Foose
Home stadiumCentral Field
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
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
Tennessee (SATC)     0 3 0

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]

Schedule

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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 HSdagger
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV
L 0–12
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2008. p. 183. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "1917 Marshall Thundering Herd Schedule". Herdzone.com. HerdZone. Retrieved January 2, 2021.