1917 Camp Funston football team

1917 Camp Funston football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3
Head coach	Paul Withington (1st season)

1917 military service football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Mare Island Marines			–					8	–	0	–	0
Mineola Aviation Station			–					3	–	0	–	0
Camp Dix			–					2	–	0	–	0
Camp Jackson			–					2	–	0	–	1
Allentown Ambulance Corps			–					5	–	1	–	0
Camp Custer			–					5	–	1	–	0
Camp Gordon			–					5	–	1	–	0
Charlestown Navy Yard			–					3	–	1	–	0
Camp Funston			–					7	–	3	–	0
Camp Lewis			–					5	–	2	–	1
Newport Naval Reserves			–					5	–	2	–	1
Camp Grant			–					3	–	1	–	0
Camp Taylor			–					2	–	1	–	0
Great Lakes Navy			–					4	–	3	–	0
Camp Devens			–					1	–	3	–	2
Camp Meade			–					1	–	2	–	0
League Island Marines			–					1	–	3	–	0
Camp Upton			–					0	–	1	–	0

The 1917 Camp Funston football team represented the United States Army's 89th Infantry Division based at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, near Manhattan, Kansas, during the 1917 college football season. The team was coached by Paul Withington, who had been the head coach at Wisconsin in 1916.

The team's leading players included Potsy Clark and Adrian Lindsey.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
	13th Cavalry		W 49–0		[1]
October 13	at St. Mary's (KS)	St. Marys, KS	W 10–0		[2]
October 20	Iowa State Teachers	Camp Funston Fort Riley, KS	W 33–0		[3]
October 27	Colorado College	Camp Funston Fort Riley, KS	W 46–0		[1]
November 3	Kendall	Camp Funston Fort Riley, KS	W 15–6		[4]
November 24	vs. Great Lakes Navy	Association Park Kansas City, MO	W 7–0	15,000	[5]
November 29	Illinois	Camp Funston Kansas	L 0–28		[6]
November 29	vs. Camp Doniphan	Miner's Park Joplin, MO	W 11–0	2,000	[7]
December 1	vs. Camp Dodge	Omaha, NE	L 0–3	7,000	[8]
December 17	at Camp MacArthur	Waco, TX	L 6–12		[9]

References

1. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918. American Sports Publishing Co. 1918. p. 109.
2. "Camp Funston Soldiers Defeated St. Mary's, 10-0". The Wichita Eagle. October 14, 1917. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Camp Funston Eleven Wallops Iowa Teachers". The Topeka Daily Capital. October 21, 1917. p. 18B8 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Kendall First To Damage Soldiers". Tulsa Daily World. November 4, 1917. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Funston Beats Great Lakes, 7-0, in Great Scrap". Chicago Tribune. November 25, 1917. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Funston Loses First Game: Illinois Triumphs Over Army Lads, 28 to 0". The Junction City Union. November 30, 1917. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Camp Funston, With Capt. Stankowski at Helm, Wins 11 to 0 From Camp Doniphan Team". Joplin News Herald. November 30, 1917. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
8. "Dodge Camp Beats Funston". Sunday State Journal. December 2, 1917. p. 4A – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Camp Funston Lost To Camp MacArthur". Houston Daily Post. December 18, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.