1917 Akron football team

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1917 Akron football
Conference Ohio Athletic Conference
Record5–3 (3–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainTommy Tomkinson
Home stadiumBuchtel Field
Seasons
  1916
1918  
1917 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Miami (OH) $ 5 0 16 0 2
Wooster 5 0 36 0 3
Wittenberg 4 1 05 2 0
Oberlin 4 1 05 2 1
Akron 3 1 05 3 0
Denison 2 2 05 3 0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 3 14 3 1
Western Reserve 3 3 13 5 1
Ohio 3 3 03 5 0
Case 3 4 13 6 1
Kenyon 2 3 13 3 1
Mount Union 1 5 02 6 0
Ohio Northern 0 4 03 4 0
Baldwin–Wallace 0 7 01 8 0
Cincinnati 0 4 00 6 0
Ohio State * 3 0 08 0 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship

The 1917 Akron football team represented the University of Akron, formerly Buchtel College, in the 1917 college football season. The team was led by head coach Fred Sefton, in his third season. [1] For the first time since the 1912 season, Akron outscored their opponents, by a total of 143-84.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Muskingum *
W 33–3
October 6 Heidelberg *
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
L 6–34
October 13 Western Reserve
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 33–0
October 20 Wooster
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
L 6–7
October 27 Ohio Northern
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 20–0
November 3 Mount Union
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 20–0
November 17 Camp Sherman *
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 25–7
November 24at Allegheny * Meadville, PA L 0–33less than 200 [2]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1917 University of Akron Football" (PDF). Akron Zips football . Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  2. "Allegheny Humbles Akron University". Akron Beacon Journal . Akron, Ohio. November 26, 1917. p. 9. Retrieved March 31, 2019 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .