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American college football season
The 1917 Kansas Jayhawks football team was an
American football team that represented the
University of Kansas in the
Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the
1917 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach
Herman Olcott, the Jayhawks compiled a 6–2 record (3–1 against conference opponents), tied for second place in the MVC, and outscored opponents by a total of 126 to 46.
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[2] They played their home games at
McCook Field in
Lawrence, Kansas. Harry Neilson was the team captain.
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Schedule
References
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"1917 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
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b 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 181.
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"Illini, Fighting Hard, Win by 22 to 0". The Champaign Sunday News. October 7, 1917. p. 11 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Jayhawk Fumble Blocks Shutout". The Topeka Daily Capital. October 21, 1917. p. 18 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Twenty Five Yard Throw Won Ames Game for Kansas". The Wichita Eagle. October 28, 1917. p. 7 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Kansas 13; Oklahoma 6". The Oklahoma Daily. November 11, 1917. p. 1 – via
Newspapers.com.
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^ Dr. A. R. Kennedy (November 18, 1917).
"Jayhawkers Bow To Cornhuskers". The Topeka Daily Capital. p. 8B – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Tigers Crushed by Heavy Kansas Team: Jayhawkers Win Twenty-Seventh Annual Contest by 27 to 3 Score". The Evening Missourian. November 30, 1917. p. 1 – via
Newspapers.com.
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