1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5
Head coach	Stan Baumgartner (1st season)
Captain	Ernest S. Wilson
Home stadium	Frazer Field
Seasons ←  1916 1918  →

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 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	at Maryland State	College Park, MD	L 0–20
October 13	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	W 7–0
October 20	Western Maryland	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–10
October 27	Dickinson	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–9
November 3	Gallaudet	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 13–7		[2]
November 10	at Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	L 0–35
November 17	Swarthmore	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.