1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the 1917 college football season. Marshall posted a 1–7–1 record, being outscored by its opposition 7–345. Home games were played on a campus field called "Central Field" which is presently Campus Commons.^[1][2]

1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–7–1
Head coach	Burton Shipley (1st season)
Captain	Morris Foose
Home stadium	Central Field
Seasons ← 1916 1919 →

1917 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Middle Tennessee State Normal			–					7	–	0	–	0
Presbyterian			–					8	–	1	–	0
Navy			–					7	–	1	–	0
North Texas State Normal			–					6	–	1	–	0
Spring Hill			–					4	–	2	–	0
West Virginia			–					6	–	3	–	1
Southwest Texas State			–					5	–	3	–	0
West Tennessee State Normal			–					3	–	2	–	0
Texas Mines			–					0	–	0	–	1
Kentucky			–					3	–	5	–	1
Oglethorpe			–					1	–	2	–	0
Sam Houston Normal			–					1	–	3	–	0
Wake Forest			–					1	–	6	–	1
Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	1
Tennessee (SATC)			–					0	–	3	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	Rio Grande	Central Field Huntington, WV	W Forfeit
October 6	at Denison	Granville, OH	L 0–94
October 13	at Marietta	Marietta, OH	L 0–68
October 20	Otterbein	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–37
October 27	at Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown, KY	L 0–61
November 10	at Greenbrier Military Academy	Lewisburg, WV	L 0–38
November 17	at Muskingum		L 0–28
November 24	Morris Harvey	Central Field Huntington, WV	T 7–7
November 29	Huntington HS	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–12
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