1917 Big Ten Conference football season
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The 1917 Big Ten Conference football season was the twenty-second season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1917 college football season. Michigan's return brought membership up to ten schools, and this was the first year the Western Conference was referred to as the "Big Ten".
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ChampionOhio State
| 1917 Western Conference football season | |
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| Sport | Football |
| Champion | Ohio State |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State $ | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Season overview
Ohio State repeated as conference champions with a 4-0 league record, 8-0-1 overall.
Minnesota came in second at 4-1 (3-1 Big Ten) while Northwestern and Wisconsin tied for third at 3â2 in Big Ten play.
Illinois and Chicago tied for fifth with league records of 2â2â1. At 5-2 (1-2 Big Ten), Indiana came in seventh.
Michigan (0â1), Iowa (0â2), and Purdue (0â4) went winless in conference play.
Ohio State
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29 | Case | W 49â0 | |||
| October 6 | Ohio Wesleyan |
| W 53â0 | ||
| October 13 | Northwestern |
| W 40â0 | ||
| October 27 | Denison |
| W 67â0 | ||
| November 3 | vs. Indiana | W 26â3 | |||
| November 10 | at Wisconsin | W 16â3 | |||
| November 17 | Illinois |
| W 13â0 | ||
| November 24 | vs. Auburn* |
| T 0â0 | 10,000 | [1] |
| November 29 | Camp Sherman (Chillicothe)* |
| W 28â0 | ||
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Minnesota
Northwestern
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6 | Lake Forest* | W 48â0 | |||||
| October 13 | at Ohio State | L 0â40 | |||||
| October 27 | Chicago |
| L 0â7 | 12,000 | [3] | ||
| November 3 | at Purdue | W 12â6 | |||||
| November 10 | Michigan Agricultural* |
| W 39â6 | ||||
| November 17 | Iowa |
| W 25â14 | ||||
| November 24 | Michigan |
| W 21â12 | 5,232 | |||
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Wisconsin
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6 | Beloit* | W 34â0 | |||
| October 13 | Notre Dame* |
| T 0â0 | ||
| October 20 | at Illinois | L 0â7 | |||
| October 27 | Iowa |
| W 20â0 | ||
| November 3 | Minnesota |
| W 10â7 | 12,000 | |
| November 10 | Ohio State |
| L 3â16 | ||
| November 24 | at Chicago | W 18â0 | [4] | ||
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Illinois
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6 | Kansas* | W 22â0 | |||||
| October 13 | Oklahoma* |
| W 44â0 | [5] | |||
| October 20 | Wisconsin |
| W 7â0 | ||||
| October 27 | Purdue |
| W 27â0 | ||||
| November 3 | at Chicago | T 0â0 | 20,000 | [6] | |||
| November 17 | at Ohio State | L 0â13 | |||||
| November 24 | Minnesota |
| L 6â27 | 4,500 | |||
| November 29 | at Camp Funston* | Fort Riley, KS | W 28â0 | [7] | |||
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Chicago
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 13 | Vanderbilt* | W 48â0 | [8] | ||||
| October 20 | Purdue |
| W 27â0 | [9] | |||
| October 27 | Northwestern |
| W 7â0 | 12,000 | [3] | ||
| November 3 | Illinois |
| T 0â0 | 20,000 | [6] | ||
| November 17 | at Minnesota | L 0â33 | 16,000 | [2] | |||
| November 24 | Wisconsin |
| L 0â18 | [4] | |||
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Indiana
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29 | Franklin (IN)* |
| W 50â0 | |
| October 6 | Wabash* |
| W 51â0 | |
| October 13 | Saint Louis* |
| W 40â0 | [10][11] |
| October 27 | at Minnesota | L 9â33 | ||
| November 3 | vs. Ohio State | L 3â26 | ||
| November 10 | DePauw |
| W 35â0 | |
| November 24 | at Purdue | W 37â0 | ||
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Michigan
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6 | Case* | W 41â0 | 4,035 | |
| October 10 | Western State Normal* |
| W 17â13 | 2,906 |
| October 13 | Mount Union* |
| W 69â0 | 3,657 |
| October 17 | Detroit* |
| W 14â3 | 4,419 |
| October 20 | Michigan Agricultural* | W 27â0 | 9,038 | |
| October 27 | Nebraska* |
| W 20â0 | 5,022 |
| November 3 | Kalamazoo* |
| W 62â0 | 4,345 |
| November 10 | Cornell* |
| W 42â0 | 16,733 |
| November 17 | at Penn* | L 0â16 | 12,851 | |
| November 24 | at Northwestern | L 12â21 | 5,232 | |
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Iowa
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 6 | Cornell (IA)* | W 22â13 | |
| October 13 | Nebraska* | L 0â47 | |
| October 20 | Grinnell* |
| L 0â10 |
| October 27 | at Wisconsin | L 0â20 | |
| November 3 | Great Lakes Navy* |
| L 14â23 |
| November 10 | South Dakota* |
| W 35â0 |
| November 17 | at Northwestern | L 14â25 | |
| November 24 | Iowa State* |
| W 6â3 |
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Purdue
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6 | Franklin (IN)* | W 54â0 | |||||
| October 13 | DePauw* |
| W 7â6 | ||||
| October 21 | at Chicago | L 0â27 | [9] | ||||
| October 27 | at Illinois | L 0â27 | |||||
| November 3 | Northwestern |
| L 6â12 | ||||
| November 17 | Wabash* |
| W 28â0 | ||||
| November 24 | Indiana |
| L 0â37 | ||||
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Bowl games
No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1917 season.
All-American honors
Ends
- Charles Bolen, Ohio State (MS; WE-1; JV-2; PP-1; DJ)
Tackles
- George Hauser, Minnesota (WE-1; JV-1; PP-1)
- Albert Benbrook, Michigan; Ft. Sheridan (College Football Hall of Fame) (PPS)
Guards
- Frank Culver, Michigan (JV-2; PP-1)
- Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan; Ft. Sheridan (WC-1)
- C. G. Higgins, Chicago (MS; WE-2)
- John Ulrich, Northwestern (WE-2)
Centers
- Paul Des Jardien, Chicago; Ft. Sheridan (College Football Hall of Fame) (PPS)
- Oscar P. Lambert, Michigan (WE-2)
Quarterbacks
- Archie Weston, Michigan (WE-1)
Fullbacks
- Chic Harley, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WE-1; JV-1; PP-1; DJ)
- Cedric C. Smith, Michigan; Great Lakes (WC-1)
- Bob Koehler, Northwestern (WE-2)
Key
NCAA recognized selectors for 1917
- WC = Collier's Weekly All Service team as selected by Walter Camp[16]
- JV = Jack Veiock of the International News Service[17][18][19]
- PP = Paul Purman, noted sports writer whose All-American team was syndicated in newspapers across the United States, of the Newspaper Editors Association[17][18][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
- PPS = Paul Purman's All Service selection[17]
- MS = Frank Menke Syndicate, by Frank G. Menke[17][18]
Other selectors
- WE = Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago Tribune[28]
- DJ = Dick Jemison, of the Atlanta Constitution.[17]
- NYT = All Service eleven of The New York Times.[17]
Bold = Consensus All-American[29]
- 1 â First-team selection
- 2 â Second-team selection
- 3 â Third-team selection
All-Big Ten selections
Ends
- Charles Bolen, Ohio State (FM, HP, LA, LGS, PD)
- W. M. Kelley, Wisconsin (FM, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
- Charles Laun, Iowa (GWA)
- Alan Boyd, Michigan (HP)
Tackles
- George Hauser, Minnesota (FM, HB, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
- Harold J. Courtney, Ohio State (LA, LGS, PD [guard])
Guards
- Charles Higgins, Chicago (FM, GWA, LA, PD)
- Elmert T. Rundquist, Illinois (FM [tackle], LA, LGS)
- Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (GWA, LGS, PD [tackle])
- John Ulrich, Northwestern (FM)
- Joseph Hanish, Michigan (HP)
- Whiting, Camp Grant â Chicago (REAL)
Centers
- Frank Culver, Michigan (HP)
- Pottinger, Great Lakes Naval Training Station â Wisconsin (REAL)
Quarterbacks
- Archie Weston, Michigan (FM, LA [halfback], LGS)
- Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (LA, PD)
- Howard Yerges Sr., Ohio State (GWA)
Halfbacks
- Chic Harley, Ohio State (FM, GWA, HP, LA, LGS) (CFHOF)
- Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (GWA)
- James B. Craig, Fort Sheridan / Michigan (REAL)
Fullbacks
- Bob Koehler, Northwestern (FM, GWA, LA, LGS)
- Cedric C. Smith, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Michigan (REAL)
