1917 Newport Naval Reserves football team

1917 Newport Naval Reserves football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–1
Head coach	William T. Bull (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 Newport Naval Reserves football team was an American football team that represented the United States Navy's Second District Naval Reserve stationed at the Newport Naval Reserve Training Station in Newport, Rhode Island, during the 1917 fall football season.[1]

The team had more players named to the 1917 All-Service football team than any other service team. Newport's honorees were: center John T. Callahan (Walter Camp, 1st team); guard Clinton Black (Camp, 1st team); guard Chris Schlachter (New York Times and Paul Purman, 1st teams); halfback Charley Barrett (NYT and Purman, 1st teams, Camp 2nd team); halfback Bernard Gerrish (Purman, 1st team); end George B. L. Green (NYT, 1st team).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
	Dean Academy		W 42–0		[1]
November 3	vs. Maine Heavy Artillery	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 39–0	8,000	[2]
November 10	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 35–0		[3]
November 17	Harvard	St. George's School athletic field Newport, RI	W 14–0		[4]
November 24	vs. Rutgers	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	L 0–14
November 29	vs. Camp Devens	Braves Field Boston, MA	T 0–0		[5]
December 3	at Charlestown Navy Yard/1st Navy District	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–7	5,000	[6]
December 8	at Charlestown Navy Yard/1st Navy District	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 7–6	> 12,000	[7]

References

1. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1919. American Sports Publishing Co. 1919. p. 91.
2. "Maine Heavies Fairly Smothered". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1917. p. 15.
3. "Black's Team Beats Brown". The New York Times. November 11, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Harvard Informals Beaten at Newport". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1917. p. 16 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
5. "Black's Stars Tie With Camp Devens". The Sun. November 30, 1917. p. 12.
6. Melville E. Webb Jr. (December 4, 1917). "Eddie Mahan's team Beaten". The Boston Globe. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Shift to Hite Brings Defeat to Navy Yard: Cupid Black's Newport Reserves Win in Stadium, 7 to 6". The Boston Globe. December 9, 1917. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.