1917 Maryland State Aggies football team

The 1917 Maryland State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Maryland State College (which in 1920 became part of the University of Maryland) in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) during the 1917 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Curley Byrd, the Aggies compiled a 4–3–1 record and were outscored by a total of 159 to 89. The team won games against Delaware (20–0), Wake Forest (29–13), St. John's College (13–3), and Johns Hopkins (7–0), lost to Navy (62–0), North Carolina A&M (10–6), and Penn State (57–0), and played VMI to a tie (14–14).^[1][2][3]

1917 Maryland State Aggies football
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–3–1 (2–1–1 SAIAA)
Head coach	Curley Byrd (7th season)
Seasons ← 1916 1918 →

1917 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgetown $	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Richmond	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	2	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&M	2	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
VPI	2	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Maryland State	2	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Davidson	1	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
VMI	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6		Delaware*	College Park, MD	W 20–0
October 13		at Navy*	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–62
October 20		at VMI	VMI Parade Ground Lexington, VA	T 14–14		[4]
October 27		Wake Forest*	College Park, MD	W 29–13		[5]
November 3		vs. North Carolina A&M	Central High School Stadium Washington, DC	L 6–10		[6]
November 10		St. John's (MD)	College Park, MD	W 13–3
November 17		at Penn State*	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	L 0–57
November 29	2:30 p.m.	at Johns Hopkins	Homewood Field Baltimore, MD	W 7–0	2,500	[7][8]
*Non-conference game