1917 Newport Naval Reserves football team

American college football season August 2023 1917 Newport Naval Reserves football Independent 5–2–1 William T. Bull 1st none none The 1917 Newport Naval Reserves football team was an American football team that represented the United States Navy's Second District Naval Reserve stationed at the Newport Naval Reserve Training Station in Newport, Rhode Island, during the 1917 fall football season.Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1919 1919 American Sports Publishing Co. 91 https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19181nati#page/n100/mode/1up The team had more players named to the 1917 All-Service football team than any other service team. Newport's honorees were: center John T. Callahan (Walter Camp, 1st team); guard Clinton Black (Camp, 1st team); guard Chris Schlachter (New York Times and Paul Purman, 1st teams); halfback Charley Barrett (NYT and Purman, 1st teams, Camp 2nd team); halfback Bernard Gerrish (Purman, 1st team); end George B. L. Green (NYT, 1st team). Schedule y y Dean Academy W 42-0 November 3 vs Maine Heavy Artillery Yale Bowl New Haven, CT W 39-0 8,000 Maine Heavies Fairly Smothered The Boston Globe November 4, 1917 15 November 10 at Brown Andrews Field Providence, RI W 35-0 Black's Team Beats Brown The New York Times November 11, 1917 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22320312/blacks_team_beats_brown/ Newspapers.com November 17 Harvard St. George's School athletic field Newport, RI W 14-0 Harvard Informals Beaten at Newport The Boston Globe November 18, 1917 16 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-globe-nov-18-1917-p-98/ NewspaperARCHIVE November 24 vs Rutgers Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY L 0-14 Rutgers Team's Great Victory Sends Thrill Throughout City The Daily Home News November 26, 1917 9 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-rutgers/166121771/ Newspapers.comCupid Black's Team Soundly Trounced by Rutgers Eleven The Brooklyn Citizen November 25, 1917 4 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-citizen-cupid-blacks-team/166121976/ Newspapers.com November 29 vs Camp Devens Braves Field Boston, MA T 0-0 Black's Stars Tie With Camp Devens The Sun November 30, 1917 12 December 3 at Charlestown Navy Yard/1st Navy District Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 0-7 5,000 Eddie Mahan's team Beaten The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. December 4, 1917 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22331099/eddie_mahans_team_beaten/ Newspapers.com December 8 at Charlestown Navy Yard/1st Navy District Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 7-6 > 12,000 Shift to Hite Brings Defeat to Navy Yard: Cupid Black's Newport Reserves Win in Stadium, 7 to 6 The Boston Globe December 9, 1917 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22321235/shift_to_hite_brings_defeat_to_navy/ Newspapers.com References Newport Naval Reserves Newport Naval Reserves football Category:United States Navy sports teams Category:United States Navy Reserve