1917 Mineola Aviation Station football team

The 1917 Mineola Aviation Station football team represented the United States Army aviators stationed at Mineola Aviation Station on Long Island during the 1917 college football season.

1917 Mineola Aviation Station football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0
1917 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Mare Island Marines    8 0 0
Mineola Aviation Station    3 0 0
Camp Dix    2 0 0
Camp Jackson    2 0 1
Allentown Ambulance Corps    5 1 0
Camp Custer    5 1 0
Camp Gordon    5 1 0
Charlestown Navy Yard    3 1 0
Camp Funston    7 3 0
Camp Lewis    5 2 1
Newport Naval Reserves    5 2 1
Camp Grant    3 1 0
Camp Taylor    2 1 0
Great Lakes Navy    4 3 0
Camp Devens    1 3 2
Camp Meade    1 2 0
League Island Marines    1 3 0
Camp Upton    0 1 0

Raymond "Razor" Watkins, formerly of Colgate, played quarterback for Mineola and was selected by Walter Camp as the first-team quarterback on the 1917 All-Service football team.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 6Fort TottenTravers Island, NYW 9–7[2]
November 29vs. Pelham Bay Naval ReservesW 14–7[3]
December 8Fort SlocumW 13–0[4]

References

  1. "War and Football". Collier's Weekly. 60: 32. January 5, 1918.
  2. "Aviators Beat Infantrymen". The Sun. November 7, 1917. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Mineola Aviators Defeats Pelham Naval Reserves". The Sun. November 30, 1917. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Mineola Snow-Bird Men Beat Slocum for Title". New York Tribune. December 9, 1917. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.


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