1917 Mississippi College Collegians football team

The 1917 Mississippi College Collegians football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi College as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1917 college football season. In their first year under head coach W. A. Robinson, the team compiled a 0–5 record.[1]

1917 Mississippi College Collegians football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record0–5 (0–4 SIAA)
Head coach
  • W. A. Robinson (1st season)
Home stadiumProvine Field
1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia Tech $ 4 0 09 0 0
Auburn 5 1 06 2 1
Clemson 5 1 06 2 0
Centre 1 0 07 1 0
Mississippi A&M 3 1 06 1 0
Alabama 3 1 15 2 1
Sewanee 4 2 15 2 1
Tulane 2 1 05 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 05 3 0
LSU 2 3 03 5 0
South Carolina 2 3 03 5 0
Wofford 1 2 05 4 0
Furman 1 3 03 5 0
Florida 1 3 02 4 0
Ole Miss 1 4 01 4 1
Howard (AL) 0 2 13 3 1
The Citadel 0 2 03 3 0
Mississippi College 0 4 00 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13at Mississippi A&ML 0–68
October 20at AlabamaL 0–46[2]
October 26Ouachita*Jackson, MSL 0–7[3]
November 10at LSUL 0–34[4]
November 29Ole Miss
  • State Fairgrounds
  • Jackson, MS
L 0–21[5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1917 Football Schedule". Mississippi College Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  2. "Alabama defeats Mississippians by large score". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 21, 1917. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Ouachita wins at Jackson, Miss". Daily Arkansas Gazette. October 27, 1917. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Louisiana wins listless game from Mississippi College". The Shreveport Times. November 11, 1917. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "University licks Clinton eleven". Vicksburg Evening Post. November 30, 1917. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com.


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