1917 Swarthmore Quakers football team

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]

1917 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumSwarthmore Field
Seasons
 1916
1918 
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Pittsburgh  1000
Williams  701
Yale  300
Princeton  200
Syracuse  811
Army  710
Rutgers  711
Penn  920
Brown  820
Fordham  720
Lehigh  720
Boston College  620
Swarthmore  620
Washington & Jefferson  730
Colgate  420
Harvard  313
New Hampshire  322
Dartmouth  530
Geneva  531
Penn State  540
Buffalo  440
NYU  223
Tufts  330
Carnegie Tech  231
Bucknell  351
Lafayette  350
Holy Cross  340
Rhode Island State  242
Carlisle  360
Columbia  240
Delaware  250
Cornell  360
Franklin & Marshall  260
Villanova  032
Temple  061

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6at BucknellLewisburg, PAL 7–16[2]
October 13at PennL 0–10[3]
October 20Gettysburg
W 17–0[4]
October 27Franklin & Marshall
  • Swarthmore Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 46–0[5]
November 3at Johns HopkinsW 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.