1917 Camp Funston football team

American college football season August 2023 1917 Camp Funston football Independent 7–3 Paul Withington 1st none none The 1917 Camp Funston football team represented the United States Army's 89th Infantry Division based at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, near Manhattan, Kansas, during the 1917 college football season. The team was coached by Paul Withington, who had been the head coach at Wisconsin in 1916. The team's leading players included Potsy Clark and Adrian Lindsey. Schedule y y 13th Cavalry W 49-0 Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918 1918 American Sports Publishing Co. 109 https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19181nati#page/109/mode/1up October 13 at 1917 St. Mary's Knights St. Mary's (KS) St. Marys, KS W 10-0 Camp Funston Soldiers Defeated St. Mary's, 10-0 The Wichita Eagle October 14, 1917 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22309221/camp_funston_soldiers_defeated_st/ Newspapers.com October 20 1917 Iowa State Teachers Iowa State Teachers Camp Funston Fort Riley, KS W 33-0 Camp Funston Eleven Wallops Iowa Teachers The Topeka Daily Capital October 21, 1917 18B8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22309010/camp_funston_eleven_wallops_iowa/ Newspapers.com October 27 1917 Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Camp Funston Fort Riley, KS W 46-0 Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918 1918 American Sports Publishing Co. 109 https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19181nati#page/109/mode/1up November 3 Kendall Camp Funston Fort Riley, KS W 15-6 Kendall First To Damage Soldiers Tulsa Daily World November 4, 1917 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22309425/kendall_first_to_damage_soldiers/ Newspapers.com November 24 vs Great Lakes Navy Association Park Kansas City, MO W 7-0 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 Illinois Camp Funston Kansas L 0-28 Funston Loses First Game: Illinois Triumphs Over Army Lads, 28 to 0 The Junction City Union November 30, 1917 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22309676/funston_loses_first_game_illinois/ Newspapers.com November 29 vs Camp Doniphan Miner's Park Joplin, MO W 11-0 2,000 Camp Funston, With Capt. Stankowski at Helm, Wins 11 to 0 From Camp Doniphan Team Joplin News Herald November 30, 1917 5 https://newspaperarchive.com/joplin-news-herald-nov-30-1917-p-5/ NewspaperARCHIVE.com December 1 vs Camp Dodge Omaha, NE L 0-3 7,000 Dodge Camp Beats Funston Sunday State Journal December 2, 1917 4A https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22308410/dodge_camp_beats_funston/ Newspapers.com December 17 at Camp MacArthur Waco, TX L 6-12 Camp Funston Lost To Camp MacArthur Houston Daily Post December 18, 1917 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22504612/camp_funston_lost_to_camp_macarthur/ Newspapers.com References Camp Funston Camp Funston football