1917 Wake Forest Baptists football team

The 1917 Wake Forest Baptists football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest College (now known as Wake Forest University) as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In their first year under head coach E. T. MacDonnell, the team compiled a 1–6–1 record.^[1]

1917 Wake Forest Baptists football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–6–1
Head coach	E. T. MacDonnell (1st season)
Captain	Ashley D. Pace
Seasons ← 1916 1918 →

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	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–33		[2]
October 6	at Furman	Riverside Park Greenville, SC	L 6–7		[3][4]
October 13	Guilford	Wake Forest, NC	W 20–0		[5]
October 18	at North Carolina A&M	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 6–17		[6]
October 27	at Maryland State	College Park, MD	L 13–29		[7]
November 3	at VPI	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	L 0–50		[8]
November 17	vs. Davidson	Cone Athletic Park (II) Greensboro, NC	L 7–72	300–400	[9]
November 29	vs. Hampden–Sydney	League Park Norfolk, VA	T 7–7		[10]