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1917 Davidson Wildcats football team

1917 Davidson Wildcats football
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Conference South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1917 record 6–4 (1–2 SAIAA)
Head coach Bill Fetzer
Captain Georgie King
Seasons
« 1916 1918 »
1917 SAIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgetown $ 2 0 0     8 1 0
Washington and Lee 2 1 0     4 3 0
North Carolina A&M 2 1 1     6 2 1
VPI 2 1 1     6 2 1
Richmond 2 1 0     4 2 1
Maryland State 2 1 1     3 3 1
Davidson 1 2 0     6 4 0
VMI 1 3 1     4 4 1
St. John's (MD) 0 1 0     0 1 0
Johns Hopkins 0 1 0     0 3 0
William & Mary 0 3 0     3 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Week 7: Davidson at Auburn
1 2 3 4 Total
Davidson 0 7 7 7 21
Auburn 0 0 7 0 7
  • Date: November 10
  • Location: Atlanta, GA
  • Referee: Lewis (Virginia)
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Week 10: Clemson at Davidson
1 2 3 4 Total
Clemson 9 0 0 0 9
Davidson 7 0 14 0 21
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The 1917 Davidson Wildcats football team represented Davidson University in the 1917 college football season. Led by third year coach Bill Fetzer, the Wildcats competed as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA). Despite a record of 6–4 (1–2 SAIAA), some would call Davidson the second best southern team that year. Davidson defeated Auburn 21 to 7, in one of the great upsets in Southern football history, and scored the most on the 1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado, for many years considered the greatest football team the South ever produced, in a 32 to 10 loss. Following the Auburn game the Davidson team was first referred to as "the Wildcats.

The team included a 17-year-old Buck Flowers, and two other All-Southerns in Wooly Grey and captain Georgie King. The backfield consisted of Flowers, quarterback Henry Spann, halfback Jack Black, and fullback Buck Burns.

Davidson scored the most on the south's first national champion – Georgia Tech, for many years considered the greatest football team the South ever produced, in a 32 to 10 loss. This was the only game none of Tech's backs gained 100 yards rushing. Tech only led 6 to 3 until Everett Strupper broke open the game in the second half. Davidson got desperate and tried the pass, getting to within the 15-yard line. Walker Carpenter broke through the line and got a 10-yard loss.


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