1917 Camp Gordon football
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Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainBob McWhorter
Seasons
1918 →
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 Camp Gordon football team represented Camp Gordon in Chamblee, Georgia, during the 1917 college football season.

The team was led by a backfield of former Auburn back and war hero Kirk Newell, former Mercer back Cochran, former Georgia halfback Bob McWhorter, and former Vanderbilt back Wilson Collins. Former Alabama fullback Adrian Van de Graaff backed up Collins. Kid Woodruff of Georgia backed up Newell at quarterback.

On the line, the teams ends were former Virginia player James L. White and former Auburn player Henry W. Robinson. VMI's Blandy Clarkson and Chicago's Royal were tackles. Dartmouth's Lewis and Charles H. Brown of Vanderbilt were guards. James Bond of Pitt was the team's center. Georgia's Tom Thrash was a sub tackle.[1][2]

Walter Camp Jr. officiated the Camp Hancock game. Oglethorpe's coach Frank B. Anderson was umpire.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 24Oglethorpe
W 54–0[3]
October 272:30 p.m.vs. Camp Hancock
W 26–0[4][5][6]
November 10at Camp JacksonColumbia, SCL 0–10[7]
November 16Tennessee (SATC)
  • Camp Field
  • Camp Gordon, GA
W 38–0[8]
November 242:30 p.m.vs. Fort Oglethorpe
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 35–0[9][10]
November 29at Alabama
W 19–6[11]

References

  1. ^ "General Erwin's All-Star Eleven Opens With Oglethorpe at Parade Field Today". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. October 24, 1917. p. 11. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.rolltide.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Gordon's Team Show Great Class; Presbyterians Didn't Have a Chance". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. October 25, 1917. p. 12. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Camp Hancock Team Arrives Tonight For Big Game". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. October 25, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Jemison, Dick (October 28, 1917). "Camp Gordon Eleven Wins Over Camp Hancock, 26-0". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jemison, Dick (October 28, 1917). "Camp Gordon Wins Over Camp Hancock (continued)". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 4B. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Gordon Eleven Loses To Jackson". The Atlanta Constitution. November 11, 1917. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Gen. Erwin's Steam Rollers Blanked University of Tennessee on Camp Field". The Atlanta Constitution. November 17, 1917. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Fort Oglethorpe Eleven Storms Gordon Trenches". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 24, 1917. p. 12. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ Jemison, Dick (November 25, 1917). "Steam Rollers Have Easy Time With Battery B". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 3. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Gordon Steam Rollers Win Over Thin Red Line". The Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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