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1917 Clemson Tigers football team

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1917 Clemson Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–2 (5–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainF. L. Witsel
Home stadiumRiggs Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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
Howard (AL) 0 2 1 3 3 1
The Citadel 0 2 0 3 3 0
Mississippi College 0 4 0 0 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1917 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson Agricultural College—now known as Clemson University—during the 1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Under first-year head coach Edward Donahue, the team posted an overall record of 6–2 with a mark of 5–1 in SIAA play.[1][2] F. L. Witsel was the team captain.[3]

Stumpy Banks scored five touchdowns against Furman, setting a school record.[4][5] John Heisman ranked Clemson fourth in the south, or third in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.[6]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Presbyterian*W 13–0[7]
October 133:30 p.m.at Furman
W 38–0[8][9]
October 19Auburn
L 0–7[10]
October 25at South CarolinaW 21–13[11]
November 1at WoffordSpartanburg, SCW 27–16[12]
November 8vs. The Citadel
W 20–0[13]
November 17vs. FloridaW 55–7[14]
November 29vs. Davidson*L 9–21[15]

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). ClemsonTigers.com. Clemson Athletics. 2016. pp. 200–208. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Clemson Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  3. ^ 2010 Media Guide, p. 198
  4. ^ "No. 19 Tigers Run Past Tar Heels, 52-7". Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "Tiger Timeline". Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  6. ^ Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. p. 55.
  7. ^ "Clemson Tigers won first game". The Columbia Record. September 29, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Furman And Clemson Battle Today For Annual Supremacy". The Greenville Daily News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 13, 1917. p. 3. Retrieved September 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Heavy Clemson Crashes Over Furman". The Greenville Daily News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 14, 1917. p. 7. Retrieved September 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Auburn defeats Clemson Tigers". The Columbia Record. October 20, 1917. Retrieved May 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Tigers win gig game by lone touchdown". The State. October 26, 1917. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Clemson bested Wofford eleven". The Charlotte News. November 2, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Clemson downed Citadel eleven". The Greenville News. November 9, 1917. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Clemson Defeats Florida's Eleven". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. November 18, 1917. p. 8. Retrieved April 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Davidson Defeated Clemson Tigers By Using Aerial Game". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, North Carolina. November 30, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved April 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

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