1917 Camp Custer football team

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The 1917 Camp Custer football team was an American football team made up of United States Army officers from the 85th Infantry Division stationed at Camp Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan. The Camp Custer officers played games against professional football teams (the Fort Wayne Friars and Detroit Heralds) as well as other service teams.

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1917 Camp Custer football
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CaptainWilliam Jennings Gardner
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1918 â†’
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1917 military service football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Mare Island Marines â€“ 8–0–0
Mineola Aviation Station â€“ 3–0–0
Camp Dix â€“ 2–0–0
Camp Jackson â€“ 2–0–1
Allentown Ambulance Corps â€“ 5–1–0
Camp Custer â€“ 5–1–0
Camp Gordon â€“ 5–1–0
Charlestown Navy Yard â€“ 3–1–0
Camp Funston â€“ 7–3–0
Camp Lewis â€“ 5–2–1
Newport Naval Reserves â€“ 5–2–1
Camp Grant â€“ 3–1–0
Camp Taylor â€“ 2–1–0
Great Lakes Navy â€“ 4–3–0
Camp Devens â€“ 1–3–2
Camp Meade â€“ 1–2–0
League Island Marines â€“ 1–3–0
Camp Upton â€“ 0–1–0
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Harry Costello, who won All-Southern honors while playing for Georgetown, was the team's quarterback. The team's backfield also included former Michigan Agricultural College stars Blake Miller and Neno DaPrato. William Jennings Gardner was the captain.

Fielding H. Yost of Michigan coached the Camp Custer team in the week leading up to the game with Camp Grant. Amos Alonzo Stagg and Fred J. Murphy coached the Camp Custer team.[1] Ring Lardner attended the Camp Grant game and wrote a column describing the spectacle.[2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7at Fort Wayne FriarsFort Wayne, INW 9–0[3]
October 20vs. Great Lakes NavyW 7–0[4][5]
October 243:00 p.m.Kalamazoo
W 34–7[6][7]
October 28at Flint IndependentsFlint, MIW 34–33,000[8]
November 3at Camp HarleeGrand Rapids, MIW 34–0[9]
November 11at Detroit Heralds
  • Navin Field
  • Detroit, MI
W 13–015,000[10]
November 24at Fort Niagara
Cancelled[11]
December 1vs. Camp GrantL 13–14[12]
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Season overview

Game 5: Detroit Heralds

On November 11, Camp Custer defeated the Detroit Heralds, a professional football team starring Birtie Maher, Norb Sacksteder, Ray Whipple, Joe Windbiel, and Lou Usher, and that began playing in the National Football League in 1920. The game drew a crowd of close to 15,000 persons at Navin Field. Camp Custer won by a 13-0 score. Right end Thompson scored a touchdown in the second quarter, and quarterback Harry Costello drop-kicked two field goals. Walter Eckersall was the referee.[10]

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