1917 Wake Forest Baptists football team

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1917 Wake Forest Baptists football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–6–1
Head coach
CaptainAshley D. Pace
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Southern college football independents records
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
Wake Forest     1 6 1
Marshall     1 7 1

The 1917 Wake Forest Baptists football team represented Wake Forest College during the 1917 college football season.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Georgia TechL 0–33
October 6at Furman
L 6–7 [2][3]
October 13 Guilford Wake Forest, NC W 20–0
October 18 at North Carolina A&M L 6–17
October 27at Maryland State College Park, MD L 13–29
November 3 at VPIL 0–50
November 17vs. DavidsonL 7–72 300–400 [4]
November 29 Hampden–Sydney Charlotte, NC T 7–7

References

  1. ^ "1917 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Furman And Wake Forest Will Play". The Greenville Daily News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 6, 1917. p. 10. Retrieved September 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "Game Little Furman Sends Wake Forest Team Down To Defeat". The Greenville Daily News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 7, 1917. p. 11. Retrieved September 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Davidson Swamps Wake Forest On Cone Grid By 72 To 7; Baptists Are Unable To Block The Presbyterians". Greensboro Daily News. Greensboro, North Carolina. November 18, 1917. p. 12. Retrieved April 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.