The 1917 season
476 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Georgia Tech claims the national title. Share
Scoreboards
Conference champions
Major college
- Missouri Valley Conference
- Nebraska
- Pacific Coast Conference
- Washington State
- South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Georgetown
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Georgia Tech
- Southwest Conference
- Texas A&M
- Western Conference
- Ohio State
Small college
- Ohio Athletic Conference
- Miami (OH)
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- ECharles Bolen, Ohio State
- EHeinie Miller, Penn
- EPaul Robeson, Rutgers
- OTGeorge Hauser, Minnesota
- OTAlfred Cobb, Syracuse
- OGDale Seis, Pittsburgh
- OGEugene Neely, Dartmouth
- OGJock Sutherland, Pittsburgh
- CFrank Rydzewski, Notre Dame
- QBBenny Boynton, Williams
- RBElmer Oliphant, Army
- RBEverett Strupper, Georgia Tech
- RB/QBChic Harley, Ohio State
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1917 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1917 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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GEORGIA TECH TRIUMPHS . OVER AUBURN WITH PASSES GeorGians Completc Third Consecutive season Without Drfe6t by Wal looping Opponents IN to :. ny associated Press. AIl.ANI--. November 2a.-Csing Il b”wildcring array OF forward passes. georgia Tech triumphcd over Auburn. Day meeting here. which brought the Ge”rgians third consecutive football season to close without defeat for the Jacket combination. The Plainsmen fought desperately throughout the contest and succeeded ~ crossing the locals goal line after hf,y-four points mad been rolled up opening Of the iinal period. Auburn broke loose with number OF trick plays and coupled with two successful forward passes. worked the ball from their own fifteen-yard line to midneld. Here the visitors used their attack again. and pass from Ducote to Donaracing behind the Jackets goal post for their only touchdown of the contest. Ducoie Kicked Sca,. Aubu-n’s first OPP p0rtunity to score came In the nnal tew moments OF play IN the second period when Duco;c got away for brilliant sixty-yard run. and was stop ped on the locals tcn-yard line. The period ended before the ball was put into action again. Tech began It’s aerial assault a; tho opening OF the contest and scored its nrrt touchdown In the first four minutes OF play. Tech tried line plays repeatedly. bu;‘ the Plains’nen’3 first defense held firm IN virtually every instance. and sent the Tech team back to liz air attack when ever they neared their opponents goal Strupper one Of the Tech stars. three times made long end runs, and. with Il well-forIn”d interference. the Jacket player Skirtcd the orange and blues ends for long gains. George Guyoh. formerly sc Carlisle. played what was generally conc>ded the best individual game OF the Jacket aggregation. The speedy Indian break ing up. in decisive moments OF the contest. plays that seemed 10 indicate the PlainSucn were on heir WAY 10 a score. i.ine-up: Auburn. Position. Ga. Tech Gibson. ....... left end ..... .Fincher Martin. ..... lief: tackle johnson SiZcmorc. .... left Guard ...... Mates eaton center Phillips Warren. right guard -. Bowling t;onncr. right t8ckl. :. Carpenter styles. ......,. right end ...... Bell Robinson. quarterback .... .Hili IJonahue. left half back Strupper Ducotc. right half back ... .Guyon Remington. full back ... Gull Summary: Score h;- periods--Auburn, h. o. o. Z. total {; Tech. 20. 10. 81. Ia. Guyon -. strupper t2J, iiill t2). Gull. Shaver substituted :or GuilD. Goals from neutrality-suspicious.. Fincher go. Rcfcrce--Elcpck. Dartmouth. Umpire -Cosgrove, Cornell Head l:nesman- Councilman, Y. Il. |. Time OF periods – minutes each.