1917 Mississippi College Collegians football team

1917 Mississippi College Collegians football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record0–5 (0–4 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumProvine Field
Seasons
← 1916
1919 →
1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Auburn 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Clemson 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Centre 1 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Mississippi A&M 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Alabama 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Sewanee 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Tulane 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
LSU 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Wofford 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Furman 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 4 – 1
Howard (AL) 0 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
The Citadel 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Mississippi College 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13at Mississippi A&M
L 0–68[2]
October 20at Alabama
L 0–46[3]
October 26Ouachita*Jackson, MSL 0–7[4]
November 10at LSU
L 0–34[5]
November 29Ole Miss
  • State Fairgrounds
  • Jackson, MS
L 0–21[6]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1917 Football Schedule". Mississippi College Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Aggies in runaway; Mississippi College no match for the Maroons, score 68 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. October 14, 1917. Retrieved February 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Alabama defeats Mississippians by large score". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 21, 1917. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ouachita wins at Jackson, Miss". Daily Arkansas Gazette. October 27, 1917. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Louisiana wins listless game from Mississippi College". The Shreveport Times. November 11, 1917. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "University licks Clinton eleven". Vicksburg Evening Post. November 30, 1917. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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