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1917 Mare Island Marines football
Rose Bowl, W 19–7 vs. Camp Lewis
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
Seasons
1918 →
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 3 2
Camp Meade     1 2 0
League Island Marines     1 3 0
Camp Upton     0 1 0

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 CaliforniaW 27–0
September 29at California
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 26–0
October 14 Olympic Club Vallejo, CAW 27–3 [2]
October 21 Saint Mary's
W 27–0 [3]
November 3 OregonW 27–0 [4]
November 10at Camp LewisW 13–025,000 [5] [6]
November 24at USCW 34–03,000 [7]
January 1, 1918vs. Camp LewisW 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.