1917 Mare Island Marines football team

1917 Mare Island Marines football
Rose Bowl, W 19–7 vs. Camp Lewis
Conference Independent
1917 record 8–0
Head coach Hugo Bezdek (1st season)

The 1917 Mare Island Marines football team represented the United States Marine Corps stationed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, during the 1917 college football season. The team compiled an 8–0 record, won the 1918 Rose Bowl, shut out six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 200 to 10.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at California
W 27–0
September 29at California
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 26–0
October 14Olympic ClubVallejo, CAW 27–3[2]
October 21Saint Mary's
W 27–0[3]
November 3Oregon
W 27–0[4]
November 10at Camp Lewis
W 13–025,000[5][6]
November 24at USC
W 34–03,000[7]
January 1, 1918vs. Camp Lewis
W 19–725,000[8]

References

  1. ↑ "1917 Mare Island Marines Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Marines Beat Olympics". Oakland Tribune. October 15, 1917. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Crack Marine Eleven Scores Over St. Mary's, 27-0: Mr. Brown Is Star in Field". San Francisco Chronicle. October 22, 1917. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Mare Island Marines Roll Up 27 to 0 Score on Oregon's Varsity". The Oregon Sunday Journal. November 4, 1917. p. II-2.
  5. ↑ "Marines Beat Army by 13 to 0". San Francisco Chronicle. November 11, 1917. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Record Crowd at Stadium Game". The Tacoma Times. November 12, 1917. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Marines Down U.S.C. 34 to 0". Los Angeles Times. November 25, 1917. p. IV-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Crowd of Twenty Five Thousand Sees Marines Whip Army Eleven". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1918. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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