1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
CaptainErnest S. Wilson
Home stadiumFrazer Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
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
Sam Houston Normal   –   1 – 3 – 0
Wake Forest   –   1 – 6 – 1
Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 1
Tennessee (SATC)   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented Delaware College (later renamed the University of Delaware) as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Stan Baumgartner, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 108 to 20. Ernest S. Wilson was the team captain.[1] The team played its home games at Frazer Field in Newark, Delaware.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at Maryland StateCollege Park, MDL 0–20
October 13at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 7–0
October 20Western Maryland
L 0–10
October 27Dickinson
  • Frazer Field
  • Newark, DE
L 0–9
November 3Gallaudet
  • Frazer Field
  • Newark, DE
W 13–7[2]
November 10at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–35
November 17Swarthmore
  • Frazer Field
  • Newark, DE
L 0–27[3]

References

  1. ^ "2012 Blue Hens Football Media Guide". University of Delaware. 2012. p. 156. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Delaware Victor on Forward Pass Plays". The Evening Journal. November 5, 1917. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Delaware Beaten by Little Quakers: Swarthmore Wakes in Second Period and Rolls Up Total of 27 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 18, 1917. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.