1917 NYU Violets football
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1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh   –   10 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   7 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   9 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 3
New Hampshire   –   3 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 2 – 3
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carlisle   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   0 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1917 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In their only year under head coach Francis P. Wall, the team compiled a 2–2–3 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6at RPITroy, NYL 23–0[1]
October 20Wesleyan
L 6–7[2]
October 27Union (NY)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 0–0[3]
November 6Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 0–0[4]
November 10Rhode Island State
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 9–6[5]
November 17at Stevens
T 6–6[6]
November 24at Columbia
W 9–7[7]

References

  1. ^ "N.Y.U. gridders lose first contest". The Sun. October 7, 1917. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "N.Y.U. no match for Wesleyan". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 21, 1917. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "N.Y.U.–Union play scoreless tie on gridiron". New York Tribune. October 28, 1915. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Violet and Trinity in scoreless draw". The New York Times. November 7, 1917. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Egan's drop kick wins for N.Y.U." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 11, 1917. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Stevens and N.Y.U. play 6 to 6 draw on gridiron". The Sun. November 18, 1917. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Columbia eleven beaten by N.Y.U." The New York Times. November 25, 1917. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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