1917 Williams Ephs football team

American college football season

1917 Williams Ephs football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–0–1
Head coach	Mysterious Walker (1st season)
Captain	Henry M. Halsted Jr.
Home stadium	Weston Field
Seasons← 19161918 →

1917 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Pittsburgh		–		10	–	0	–	0
Williams		–		7	–	0	–	1
Yale		–		3	–	0	–	0
Princeton		–		2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse		–		8	–	1	–	1
Army		–		7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers		–		7	–	1	–	1
Penn		–		9	–	2	–	0
Brown		–		8	–	2	–	0
Fordham		–		7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh		–		7	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore		–		6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		7	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		4	–	2	–	0
Harvard		–		3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire		–		3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth		–		5	–	3	–	0
Geneva		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		4	–	4	–	0
NYU		–		2	–	2	–	3
Tufts		–		3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		2	–	3	–	1
Bucknell		–		3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette		–		3	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State		–		2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle		–		3	–	6	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	4	–	0
Delaware		–		2	–	5	–	0
Cornell		–		3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		2	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		0	–	3	–	2
Temple		–		0	–	6	–	1

The 1917 Williams Ephs football team represented Williams College as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Mysterious Walker, the Ephs compiled a record of 7–0–1. Quarterback Benny Boynton led the squad to its first undefeated record. Boynton scored all the points in a 9–6 defeat of Columbia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29	RPI	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 20–0
October 6	at Union (NY)	Schenectady, NY	W 13–6
October 13	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 14–10
October 20	Hamilton	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 12–0
October 27	at Columbia	South Field New York, NY	W 9-6
November 3	at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	T 0–0
November 10	Middlebury	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 39–7
November 17	Amherst	Weston Field Williamstown, MA (rivalry)	W 20–0

References

"Williams 13, Union 6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
"Cornell Loses Score 14 To 10". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. October 13, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "1917". mexicosportscollectibles.com.
"Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac". 1918.

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