1917 Camp Dix football team

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1917 Camp Dix football
ConferenceIndependent
1917 record2–0
Captain Ockie Anderson
Seasons
1918  
1917 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Mare Island Marines   8 0 0
Mineola Aviation Station   3 0 0
Camp Dix   2 0 0
Camp Jackson   2 0 1
Allentown Ambulance Corps   5 1 0
Camp Custer   5 1 0
Camp Gordon   5 1 0
Charlestown Navy Yard   3 1 0
Camp Funston   7 3 0
Camp Lewis   5 2 1
Newport Naval Reserves   5 2 1
Camp Grant   3 1 0
Camp Taylor   2 1 0
Great Lakes Navy   4 3 0
Camp Devens   1 3 2
Camp Meade   1 2 0
League Island Marines   1 3 0
Camp Upton   0 1 0

The 1917 Camp Dix football team represented the United States Army's Camp Dix located near Trenton, New Jersey, during the 1917 college football season. Quarterback Oscar "Ockie" Anderson, formerly of Colgate, was selected on November 22, 1917, as the team's captain. [1]

Three Fort Dix players received honors on the 1917 All-Service football team: tackle Belford West (Walter Camp and Paul Purman, first teams); quarterback Anderson (Purman, first team; Camp, second team); and end Ellenberger (Camp, second team).

Before the formation of an all-cantonment team, various units within Fort Dix had also competed in football. For example, a team representing the 307th Field Artillery at Camp Dix played a game against Princeton on October 27. Princeton won by a 7–0 score. [2] Teams representing individual regiments also competed in well-attended games. [3]

The all-cantonment football team was organized in October with selection of players made through a "round robin elimination series" among 16 teams formed from the camp's athletes. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 17at Camp Devens W 19–0 [5]
December 1vs. Camp Meade W 13–65,000 [6]

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References

  1. "Anderson Captain at Camp Dix". The Boston Globe. November 23, 1917. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Informal Varsity Wins From Soldier Eleven: Touchdown Made in First Few Minutes of Play Brings Victory, 7 to 0". Daily Princetonian. October 29, 1917. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Athletics at Camp Dix". Mount Carmel Item. December 20, 1917. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Material Good for Eleven at Wrightstown". The Daily Home News. October 4, 1917. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Camp Dix All Star Shut Out Devens, 19-0". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1917. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Regimental Team of Camp Dix Wins Game From Camp Meade: Anderson's 83-Yard Run Wins Game for Camp Dix". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 2, 1917. p. 21 via Newspapers.com.