1917 Toledo Blue and Gold football team

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1917 Toledo Blue and Gold football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–3
Head coach
CaptainKen Keller
Seasons
1918  →
1917 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Marquette  – 8 –0 –1
Detroit  – 8 –1 –0
Morningside  – 5 –1 –0
Notre Dame  – 6 –1 –1
Heidelberg  – 5 –1 –1
St. Mary's (OH)  – 7 –2 –0
St. Xavier  – 4 –1 –2
North Dakota Agricultural  – 4 –2 –0
Akron  – 5 –3 –0
Haskell  – 6 –5 –0
Western State Normal (MI)  – 4 –3 –0
Michigan State Normal  – 3 –4 –0
Iowa State Teachers  – 2 –3 –0
South Dakota  – 2 –3 –0
Central Michigan  – 1 –2 –0
Lake Forest  – 2 –5 –0
Wabash  – 1 –6 –1
Toledo  – 0 –3 –0
Michigan Agricultural  – 0 –9 –0

The 1917 Toledo Blue and Gold football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University (renamed the University of Toledo in 1967) as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In their first season fielding a varsity football team, the Blue and Gold were coached by engineering professor John Brandeberry, compiled a 0–3 record, failed to score a point, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 262 to 0. [1] The school losses to the University of Detroit and Ohio Northern by scores of 145 to 0 and 90 to 0, respectively, remain the worst defeats in program history. [2] The team's 13 members were required to purchase their own uniforms and had no practice scrimmages before the first game against Detroit. [3] Ken Keller was the team captain. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10at Detroit
L 0–145 [5]
October 20at Ohio Northern Ada, OH L 0–90
October 30at Findlay Findlay, OH L 0–27

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References

  1. ↑ "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. pp. 133, 182, 186.
  2. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 202.
  3. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 133.
  4. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 164.
  5. ↑ "U. of D. Runs Over Toledo Ruthlessly". Detroit Free Press. October 11, 1917. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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