1917 North Texas State Normal football team

1917 North Texas State Normal football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
Home stadiumEagle Field
1917 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee State Normal     7 0 0
Presbyterian     8 1 0
Navy     7 1 0
North Texas State Normal     6 1 0
Spring Hill     4 2 0
West Virginia     6 3 1
Southwest Texas State     5 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal     3 2 0
Texas Mines     0 0 1
Kentucky     3 5 1
Oglethorpe     1 2 0
Sam Houston Normal     1 3 0
Wake Forest     1 6 1
Marshall     1 7 1
Tennessee (SATC)     0 3 0

The 1917 North Texas State Normal football team represented North Texas State Normal College (now known as the University of North Texas) as an independent during the 1917 college football season. Led by third-year head coach James W. St. Clair, the squad compiled an overall record of 6–1.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at BurlesonGreenville, TXL 0–14[2]
October 8at Simmons (TX)
W 14–8[2]
October 15Southeastern Oklahoma Normal
W 27–0[2]
October 26at Austin
W 19–13[3]
November 5Decatur Baptist
  • Eagle Field
  • Denton, TX
W 34–0[4]
November 9Dallas
  • Eagle Field
  • Denton, TX
W 13–0[2]
November 23Meridian College
  • Eagle Field
  • Denton, TX
W 25–7[2]

References

  1. ^ "2021 North Texas Football Fact And Records Book" (PDF). Denton, Texas: University of North Texas. p. 120. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Football". The Yucca, Yearbook of North Texas State Normal School. University of North Texas Libraries. 1918. pp. 137–144. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Kangaroos lost to North Texas Normal". The Houston Post. October 28, 1917. Retrieved November 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Decatur loses to Denton Normalites". Wise County Messenger. November 9, 1917. Retrieved November 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.