1917 Swarthmore Quakers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1917 Swarthmore Quakers football Independent 6–2 Leroy Mercer 1st Swarthmore Field The 1917 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1917 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 238 to 40. Bill Roper was the head coach.Swarthmore Yearly Results College Football Data Warehouse September 14, 2021 http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/s/swarthmore/yearly_results.php?year=1915 https://web.archive.org/web/20100206225240/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/s/swarthmore/yearly_results.php?year=1915 2010-02-06 Schedule y October 6 at Bucknell Lewisburg, PA L 7-16 Bucknell Beats Swarthmore The Pittsburgh Press October 7, 1917 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85454992/bucknell-beats-swarthmore/ Newspapers.com October 13 at Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA L 0-10 Penn Stages Come Back and Beats Swarthmore by 10 to 0 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 10, 1917 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85455111/penn-stages-come-back-and-beats/ Newspapers.com October 20 1917 Gettysburg Gettysburg Swarthmore Field Swarthmore, PA W 17-0 Gettysburg Was Defeated: Swarthmore College Eleven Rounds Into Form and Wins First Game at Home Chester Times October 22, 1917 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85455408/gettysburg-was-defeated/ Newspapers.com October 27 1917 Franklin & Marshall Franklin & Marshall Swarthmore Field Swarthmore, PA W 46-0 F. and M. Outclassed by Swarthmore Eleven The New Era October 29, 1917 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85454339/f-and-m-outclassed-by-swarthmore/ Newspapers.com November 3 at 1915 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays Johns Hopkins Homewood Field Baltimore, MD W 28-7 Hopkins' Pretty Touchdown Takes Sting From Defeat The Baltimore Sun C. Starr Matthews November 4, 1917 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85454579/hopkins-pretty-touchdown-takes-sting/ Newspapers.com November 10 Lafayette Swarthmore Field Swarthmore, PA W 56-0 Lafayette Jarred by Little Quakers The Philadelphia Inquirer November 11, 1917 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85454866/lafayette-jarred-by-little-quakers/ Newspapers.com November 17 at Delaware Newark, DE W 27-0 Delaware Beaten by Little Quakers: Swarthmore Wakes in Second Period and Rolls Up Total of 27 to 0 The Philadelphia Inquirer November 18, 1917 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85454738/delaware-beaten-by-little-quakers/ Newspapers.com November 24 1917 Haverford Haverford Swarthmore Field Swarthmore, PA (rivalry) W 57-7 Swarthmore and Haverford Meet Today in Annual Contest Chester Times November 24, 1917 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85454214/swarthmore-and-haverford/ Newspapers.comSwarthmore Eleven Wins Over Haverford in One-Sided Game Chester Times November 26, 1917 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85454457/swarthmore-eleven-wins-over-haverford/ Newspapers.com References Swarthmore Category:Swarthmore Garnet Tide football seasons Swarthmore Quakers football