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1917 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumSwarthmore Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh   –   10 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   7 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   9 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 3
New Hampshire   –   3 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 2 – 3
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carlisle   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   0 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1917 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1917 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 238 to 40. Bill Roper was the head coach.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6at BucknellLewisburg, PAL 7–16[2]
October 13at Penn
L 0–10[3]
October 20Gettysburg
W 17–0[4]
October 27Franklin & Marshall
  • Swarthmore Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 46–0[5]
November 3at Johns Hopkins
W 28–7[6]
November 10Lafayette
  • Swarthmore Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 56–0[7]
November 17at DelawareNewark, DEW 27–0[8]
November 24Haverford
  • Swarthmore Field
  • Swarthmore, PA (rivalry)
W 57–7[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bucknell Beats Swarthmore". The Pittsburgh Press. October 7, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Penn Stages Come Back and Beats Swarthmore by 10 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 10, 1917. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Gettysburg Was Defeated: Swarthmore College Eleven Rounds Into Form and Wins First Game at Home". Chester Times. October 22, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "F. and M. Outclassed by Swarthmore Eleven". The New Era. October 29, 1917. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ C. Starr Matthews (November 4, 1917). "Hopkins' Pretty Touchdown Takes Sting From Defeat". The Baltimore Sun. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lafayette Jarred by Little Quakers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1917. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Delaware Beaten by Little Quakers: Swarthmore Wakes in Second Period and Rolls Up Total of 27 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 18, 1917. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Swarthmore and Haverford Meet Today in Annual Contest". Chester Times. November 24, 1917. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Swarthmore Eleven Wins Over Haverford in One-Sided Game". Chester Times. November 26, 1917. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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