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
Record1–7–1
Head coach
CaptainMorris Foose
Home stadiumCentral Field
1917 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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

References

  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.


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