1917 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

1917 Furman Purple Hurricane football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1917 record	3–5 (1–2 SIAA)
Head coach	Billy Laval (3rd season)
Seasons ←  1916 1918  →

1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	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
The Citadel	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	3	–	0
Howard	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1917 Furman Purple Hurricane football team represented the Furman Purple Hurricane of Furman University during the 1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29	Georgia Tech		L 0–25
October 6	Wake Forest		W 7–6
October 13	Clemson		L 0–38
October 20	Newberry		W 20–7
November 3	Davidson		L 7–28
November 8	South Carolina		L 0–26
November 17	Presbyterian		L 7–14
November 29	Wofford		W 18–3

References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/furman/1917-schedule.html