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1917 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
CaptainRussell Bailey
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 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its second season under head coach Mont McIntire, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 161 to 50. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29 Pittsburgh Morgantown, WV ( rivalry)L 9–14
October 6at Navy Annapolis, MDW 7–0
October 13 CarlisleMorgantown, WVW 21–0
October 20at Dartmouth Hanover, NHL 2–6
October 27 GettysburgMorgantown, WVW 60–0
November 3at Rutgers
T 7–7
November 10vs. VPI Huntington, WV ( rivalry)W 27–3
November 17vs. Washington & Jefferson Fairmont, WVW 7–0
November 24vs. West Virginia Wesleyan Clarksburg, WVL 0–20
November 29 North Carolina A&MMorgantown, WVW 21–0

References

  1. ^ "2014 West Virginia Football Record Book" (PDF). West Virginia University. 2014. p. 176.
  2. ^ "1917 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2019.