1917 Allentown Ambulance Corps football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
  • Dudley Clark (1st season)
Seasons
1917 military service football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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 Allentown Ambulance Corps football team, also known as the "Usaccs", represented the United States Army Ambulance Service stationed at Camp Crane in Allentown, Pennsylvania, during the 1917 college football season. Dudley Clark, formerly a football player at Oregon, was the team's coach.[1]

The team was invited to appear in the 1918 Rose Bowl but did not receive authorization for travel to the West Coast. Allentown's declination opened the door for Camp Lewis, which lost to the Mare Island Marines on New Year's Day.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13Gettysburg/Seventh InfantryHarrisburg, PAW 46–07,000[3]
October 27League Island Marines
W 27–06,000[4]
November 3Ewing Athletic Club
  • Muhlenberg Field
  • Allentown, PA
W 40–0[5]
November 10at League Island Marines
W 16–0[6]
November 24Camp Meade
W 20–148,000[7]
November 29at Georgetown
L 0–27[8]

References

  1. ^ Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918. American Sports Publishing Co. 1918. pp. 101, 103.
  2. ^ "Camp Lewis To Play Marines New Year's Day". The Oregon Sunday Journal. December 9, 1917. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ambulance Eleven Jars Infantry Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 14, 1917. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Marines Easy for Ambulance Eleven: Overwhelmingly Defeated by Aggregation of Stars 27 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1917. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ewing Crushed by Ambulance Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1917. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "USAACS Defeat Marines in Brilliant Football Game 16-0: Ambulance Corps Triumphant Over Soldiers of Sea". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1917. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ambulance Hands Camp Meade Jolt". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1917. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "USAACS No Match For Georgetown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 30, 1917. p. 16. Retrieved September 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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