1917 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1917 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football Independent 4–3 Lt. E. D. Angell 1st Station athletic field none The 1917 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team ("Jackies") represented the Great Lakes Naval Station, the United States Navy's boot camp located near North Chicago, Illinois, during the 1917 college football season. Led by head coach, Lieutenant E. D. Angell, the team compiled a 4–3 record. Several former Michigan Wolverines played for the Great Lakes team, including fullback Cedric "Pat" Smith, guards Albert Benbrook and Alvin Loucks, and halfback Philip Raymond. Minnesota native Hal Erickson also starred at halfback for Great Lakes. John Philip Sousa was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Navy in 1917 and assigned to the Great Lakes Naval Station where he led the Great Lakes Band. Prior to kickoff of the Thanksgiving Day game at Stagg Field, Sousa led the band of 400 men in renditions of Sousa's "El Capitan" march and "The Star-Spangled Banner". At halftime, the band followed with "America, Here's My Boy" and "Joan of Arc". When the crowd called out for "Over There", the band complied, and the Great Lakes sailors responded with a snake dance on the field. At the end of the game, a 27–0 victory for Great Lakes, the band played "Chopin's Funeral March" for the Fort Sheridan team. Schedule y y September 29 at Marquette Milwaukee, WI L 7-14 Jackies Beaten by Marquette Chicago Tribune September 30, 1917 II-2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22306924/jackies_beaten_by_marquette/ Newspapers.com October 20 vs Camp Custer Navin Field Detroit, MI L 0-7 Camp Custer Eleven Defeats Jackies, 7-0 Chicago Tribune October 21, 1917 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22299822/camp_custer_eleven_defeats_jackies_70/ Newspapers.comArmy Beats Navy Eleven in Fine Game Detroit Free Press October 21, 1917 19, 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22293018/army_beats_navy_eleven_in_fine_game/ Newspapers.com October 25 Haskell Station athletic field Lake Bluff, IL W 20-16 10,000 Great Lakes Eleven Beats Haskell, 20-16, in Warm Grid Battle Chicago Tribune Walter Eckersall October 26, 1917 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22304424/great_lakes_eleven_beats_haskell/ Newspapers.com November 3 at Iowa Iowa Field Iowa City, IA W 23-14 Great Lakes Eleven Comes From Behind, Beating Iowa, 23-14 Chicago Tribune November 4, 1917 II-2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22304497/great_lakes_eleven_comes_from_behind/ Newspapers.com November 17 at Camp Grant Kishwaukee Park Rockford, IL W 9-6 Jackies Defeat Camp Grant Men on Gridiron, 9-6 Chicago Tribune Parke Brown November 18, 1917 II-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22304612/jackies_defeat_camp_grant_men_on/ Newspapers.com November 24 vs Camp Funston Association Park Kansas City, MO L 0-7 15,000 Funston Beats Great Lakes, 7-0, in Great Scrap Chicago Tribune November 25, 1917 II-3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22305046/funston_beats_great_lakes_70_in/ Newspapers.com November 29 vs Fort Sheridan Stagg Field Chicago, IL W 27-0 10,000 Army Eleven Repulsed by Jackies, 27-0 Chicago Tribune E. O. Phillips November 30, 1917 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22306484/army_eleven_repulsed_by_jackies_270/ Newspapers.comPat Smith and Erickson Star in Jackies' Victory Chicago Tribune Walter Eckersall November 30, 1917 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22306535/pat_smith_and_erickson_star_in_jackies/ Newspapers.com References Great Lakes Navy Category:Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football seasons Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football