1917 Davidson Wildcats football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1917 Davidson Wildcats football South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association SAIAA 6–4 1–2 Bill Fetzer 3rd George M. King Sprunt Field The 1917 Davidson Wildcats football team represented Davidson University in the 1917 college football season. Led by third year coach Bill Fetzer, the Wildcats competed as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA). Despite a record of 6–4 (1–2 SAIAA), some would call Davidson the second best southern team that year.http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv01/CFHSNv01n3a.pdf Georgia Tech's 1917 backfield, better than the Four Horsemen Part 1 College Football Historical Society 1 3 February 1988 Bernie McCarty dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120719/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv01/CFHSNv01n3a.pdf 2016-03-04 Davidson defeated Auburn 21 to 7, in one of the great upsets in Southern football history,Buck Flowers: He Could Do It All — Well Daily Item Sumter, S.C. October 15, 1969 B2 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1979&dat=19691015&id=fXMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8qkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1126,1790436 and scored the most on the 1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado, for many years considered the greatest football team the South ever produced,https://archive.org/details/creatingbiggamej00umph registration Creating The Big Game Wiley Lee Umphlett 141 1992 Greenwood Publishing Group 0313284040 in a 32 to 10 loss. Following the Auburn game the Davidson team was first referred to as "the Wildcats. The team included a 17-year-old Buck Flowers, and two other All-Southerns in Wooly Grey and captain Georgie King. The backfield consisted of Flowers, quarterback Henry Spann, halfback Jack Black, and fullback Buck Burns.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6343182/the_davidsonian/ 5 Niches in the Wildcat Hall of Fame August 23, 2016 Newspapers.com The Davidsonian March 6, 1924 Schedule Eastern September 29 l y y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 6–27 October 6 l y North Carolina A&M Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC 3–7 October 13 l y y Georgia Tech Grant Field Atlanta, GA 10–32 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112522/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2946229/news_and_observer/ March 4, 2016 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2946229/news_and_observer/ News and Observer October 14, 1917 13 Davidson Gives Techs Surprise August 4, 2015 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2952015/the_atlanta_constitution/ Atlanta Constitution October 14, 1917 3 Davidson Gives Jackets Another Fierce Battle August 5, 2015 Newspapers.com part 2 October 20 l y VPI Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 7–13 Godsey Win For Techs https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-10-21/ed-1/seq-25/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 21, 1917 25 March 9, 2022Davidson Loses Hard-Fought Game https://library.davidson.edu/archives/davidsonian/PDFs/19171024.pdf Davidson College The Davidsonian October 24, 1917 1 March 9, 2022 October 27 w y VMI Wearn Field Charlotte, NC 23–7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90745961/davidson-beats-vmi-cadets/ The Charlotte Observer Davidson beats V.M.I. Cadets October 28, 1917 December 17, 2021 Newspapers.com November 3 w y y Furman Riverside Park Greenville, SC 28–7 Davidson In Fine Shape, Is Report https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108800030/the-greenville-news/ The Greenville Daily News Greenville, South Carolina November 2, 1917 5 September 2, 2022 Newspapers.com Furman Played Davidson To A Standstill Although Local Eleven Lost Game https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99632333/the-greenville-news/ The Greenville Daily News Greenville, North Carolina November 4, 1917 14 April 12, 2022 Newspapers.com November 10 2:30 p.m. w y y Auburn Grant Field Atlanta, GA 21–7 Jemison Dick Dick Jemison Plainsmen Twelve Pounds Heavier Than Davidson https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99631089/the-atlanta-constitution/ The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia November 10, 1917 14 April 12, 2022 Newspapers.com November 17 w y y Wake Forest Cone Athletic Park (II) Greensboro, NC 72–7 300–400 Davidson Swamps Wake Forest On Cone Grid By 72 To 7; Baptists Are Unable To Block The Presbyterians https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99631581/greensboro-daily-news/ Greensboro Daily News Greensboro, North Carolina November 18, 1917 12 April 12, 2022 Newspapers.com November 23 w y Wofford Sprunt Field Davidson, NC 62–0 Davidson-Wofford Game Is Really Hard Fought https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99631581/greensboro-daily-news/ Greensboro Daily News Greensboro, North Carolina November 24, 1917 8 April 12, 2022 Newspapers.com November 29 w y y Clemson Wearn Field Charlotte, NC 21–9 Davidson Defeated Clemson Tigers By Using Aerial Game https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99632077/the-charlotte-news/ The Charlotte News Charlotte, North Carolina November 30, 1917 15 April 12, 2022 Newspapers.com https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/davidson/1917-schedule.html 1917 Davidson Wildcats Schedule and Results Season summary Week 3: at Georgia Tech Davidson scored the most on the south's first national champion – Georgia Tech, for many years considered the greatest football team the South ever produced, in a 32 to 10 loss. This was the only game none of Tech's backs gained 100 yards rushing. Tech only led 6 to 3 until Everett Strupper broke open the game in the second half.Georgia Tech's 1917 backfield, better than the Four Horsemen Part 1 College Football Historical Society 1 3 February 1988 Bernie McCarty Part 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120719/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv01/CFHSNv01n3a.pdf 2016-03-04 Part 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070443/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv01/CFHSNv01n4h.pdf 2016-03-04 Davidson got desperate and tried the pass, getting to within the 15-yard line. Walker Carpenter broke through the line and got a 10-yard loss.Technique 9 Oct 1917, Print. Davidson captain Georgie King said "I consider Georgia Tech the best football team I have ever played against or ever expect to play against."(16 November 2010) In "Technique Newsletter Volume 07, Issue 11." Retrieved November 16, from http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/26083 Week 7: Auburn Week 7: Davidson at Auburn Davidson Auburn 0 7 7 7 0 0 7 0 November 10 Atlanta, GA Lewis (Virginia) Sources: Auburn was involved in of the great upsets in Southern football history as the Wildcats bested the Auburn Tigers 21–7.Atlanta Constitution Dick Jemison November 11, 1917 Ralph Flowers, Demon Halfback, Defeats Auburn Newspapers.com Part 1 Part 2 http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/sports/2007/8/23/cheermascotname.aspx Wildcat Origin March 22, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193520/http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/sports/2007/8/23/cheermascotname.aspx March 3, 2016 Week 10: Clemson Week 10: Clemson at Davidson Clemson Davidson 9 0 0 0 7 0 14 0 November 29 Charlotte, NC Williams Sources: Davidson beat Clemson 21–9 on a soggy field. Tackle Douglas Elliott broke his leg below the knee in the second quarter. King scored two touchdowns and Flowers another. Clemson's score followed a kick return by Stumpy Banks to the 4-yard line. The starting lineup was King (left end), Shaw (left tackle), Gray (left guard), D. Crouch (center), McMaster (right guard), Elliott (right tackle), Roberts (right end), Spann (quarterback), McAlester (left halfback), Thomas (right halfback), Burns (fullback).https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5369313/winstonsalem_journal/ May 24, 2016 Newspapers.com 9 Davidson Defeats The Clemson Football Team November 30, 1917 Winston-Salem Journal References Davidson Category:Davidson Wildcats football seasons Davidson Wildcats football