1917 Allentown Ambulance Corps football team

American college football season August 2023 1917 Allentown Ambulance Corps football Independent 5–1 Dudley Clark 1st none none The 1917 Allentown Ambulance Corps football team, also known as the "Usaccs", represented the United States Army Ambulance Service stationed at Camp Crane in Allentown, Pennsylvania, during the 1917 college football season. Dudley Clark, formerly a football player at Oregon, was the team's coach.Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918 1918 American Sports Publishing Co. 101, 103 https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19181nati#page/n109/mode/1up The team was invited to appear in the 1918 Rose Bowl but did not receive authorization for travel to the West Coast. Allentown's declination opened the door for Camp Lewis, which lost to the Mare Island Marines on New Year's Day.Camp Lewis To Play Marines New Year's Day The Oregon Sunday Journal December 9, 1917 42 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10540178/the_oregon_daily_journal/ Newspapers.com Schedule y y October 13 Gettysburg/Seventh Infantry Harrisburg, PA W 46-0 7,000 Ambulance Eleven Jars Infantry Team The Philadelphia Inquirer October 14, 1917 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22506222/ambulance_eleven_jars_infantry_team/ Newspapers.com October 27 League Island Marines Muhlenberg Field Allentown, PA W 27-0 6,000 Marines Easy for Ambulance Eleven: Overwhelmingly Defeated by Aggregation of Stars 27 to 0 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 28, 1917 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22507459/marines_easy_for_ambulance_eleven/ Newspapers.com November 3 Ewing Athletic Club Muhlenberg Field Allentown, PA W 40-0 Ewing Crushed by Ambulance Team The Philadelphia Inquirer November 4, 1917 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22507552/ewing_crushed_by_ambulance_team/ Newspapers.com November 10 at League Island Marines Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 16-0 USAACS Defeat Marines in Brilliant Football Game 16-0: Ambulance Corps Triumphant Over Soldiers of Sea The Philadelphia Inquirer November 11, 1917 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22508011/usaacs_defeat_marines_in_brilliant/ Newspapers.com November 24 Camp Meade Circus Maximus Field Reading, PA W 20-14 8,000 Ambulance Hands Camp Meade Jolt The Philadelphia Inquirer November 25, 1917 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7090613/the_philadelphia_inquirer/ Newspapers.com November 29 at Georgetown American League Park Washington, DC L 0-27 USAACS No Match For Georgetown https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84561590/obituary-for-senator-bi-blo/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 30, 1917 16 September 2, 2021 Newspapers.com References Allentown Ambulance Corps Allentown Ambulance Corps football