1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football
1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–7–1
Head coach	Burton Shipley (1st season);
Captain	Morris Foose
Home stadium	Central Field
	Seasons ← 1916 1919 →

1917 Southern college football independents records
v t e	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
Sam Houston Normal		–		1	–	3	–	0
Wake Forest		–		1	–	6	–	1
Marshall		–		1	–	7	–	1
Tennessee (SATC)		–		0	–	3	–	0

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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	Rio Grande	Central Field Huntington, WV	W Forfeit
October 6	at Denison	Granville, OH	L 0–94
October 13	at Marietta	Marietta, OH	L 0–68
October 20	Otterbein	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–37
October 27	at Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown, KY	L 0–61
November 10	at Greenbrier Military Academy	Lewisburg, WV	L 0–38
November 17	at Muskingum		L 0–28
November 24	Morris Harvey	Central Field Huntington, WV	T 7–7
November 29	Huntington HS	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–12
Homecoming

References

^ "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2008. p. 183. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
^ "1917 Marshall Thundering Herd Schedule". Herdzone.com. HerdZone. Retrieved January 2, 2021.

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[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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