1917 Camp Gordon football team

The 1917 Camp Gordon football team represented Camp Gordon near Augusta, Georgia, during the 1917 college football season.

The team was led by a backfield of former Auburn back and war hero Kirk Newell, former Mercer back Cochran, former Georgia halfback Bob McWhorter, and former Vanderbilt back Wilson Collins. Former Alabama fullback Adrian Van de Graaff backed up Collins. Kid Woodruff of Georgia backed up Newell at quarterback.

On the line, the teams ends were former Virginia player James L. White and former Auburn player Henry W. Robinson. VMI's Blandy Clarkson and Chicago's Royal were tackles. Dartmouth's Lewis and Charles Brown of Vanderbilt were guards. James Bond of Pitt was the team's center. Georgia's Tom Thrash was a sub tackle.[1]

Walter Camp Jr. officiated the Camp Hancock game. Oglethorpe's coach Frank B. Anderson was umpire.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
	Oglethorpe	Atlanta, GA	W 53–0
October 27	Camp Hancock	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 26–0	[2]
November 10	at Camp Jackson	Columbia, SC	L 0–10	[3]
November 16	Tennessee (SATC)	Camp Field Camp Gordon, GA	W 38–0	[4]
	Fort Oglethorpe		W 38–0
November 29	at Alabama	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL	W 19–6	[5]

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World War I military service football teams
Bowl games	1918 Rose Bowl 1919 Rose Bowl
All-Service	1917 All-Service football team 1918 All-Service football team
1917	Allentown Ambulance Corps Camp Custer Camp Devens Camp Dix Camp Funston Camp Gordon Camp Grant Camp Jackson Camp Lewis Camp Meade Camp Zachary Taylor Camp Upton Charlestown Navy Yard Great Lakes Navy League Island Marines Mare Island Marines Mineola Aviation Station Newport Naval Reserves
1918	Camp Devens Camp Dix Camp Dodge Camp Gordon Camp Grant Camp Greenleaf Camp Hancock Camp Lewis Camp Zachary Taylor Camp Upton Chicago Naval Reserve Cleveland Naval Reserve Georgia Eleventh Cavalry Great Lakes Navy League Island Marines League Island Navy Yard Mare Island Marines Mather Field Mineola Aviation Station

1917 military service football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Mare Island Marines		–		8	–	0	–	0
Mineola Aviation Station		–		3	–	0	–	0
Camp Dix		–		2	–	0	–	0
Camp Jackson		–		2	–	0	–	1
Allentown Ambulance Corps		–		5	–	1	–	0
Camp Custer		–		5	–	1	–	0
Camp Gordon		–		5	–	1	–	0
Charlestown Navy Yard		–		3	–	1	–	0
Camp Funston		–		7	–	3	–	0
Camp Lewis		–		5	–	2	–	1
Newport Naval Reserves		–		5	–	2	–	1
Camp Grant		–		3	–	1	–	0
Camp Taylor		–		2	–	1	–	0
Great Lakes Navy		–		4	–	3	–	0
Camp Devens		–		1	–	2	–	2
Camp Meade		–		1	–	2	–	0
League Island Marines		–		1	–	3	–	0
Camp Upton		–		0	–	1	–	0