1917 Charlestown Navy Yard football team

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1917 Charlestown Navy Yard football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1
Head coach
  • Leo Leary (1st season)
Seasons
1917 military service football records
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 Charlestown Navy Yard football team was an American football team that represented the United States Navy's Charlestown Navy Yard, also known as Boston Navy Yard, during the 1917 football season.

Halfback Eddie Casey was selected as a first-team halfback on Walter Camp's 1917 All-Service football team.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 3Camp DevensW 28–020,000[1]
November 24Dan Sullivan's All-College Stars
W 34–05,000[2]
December 3Newport Naval
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 7–05,000[3]
December 8Newport Naval
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 6–7> 12,000[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Shutout for Camp Devens". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1917. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "All College Stars Soundly Trounced: Charlestown Navy Yard Winner by 34 to 0". The Boston Globe. November 25, 1917. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Melville E. Webb Jr. (December 4, 1917). "Eddie Mahan's team Beaten". The Boston Globe. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "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.