1917 North Texas State Normal football team

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]

1917 North Texas State Normal football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
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
Wake Forest     1 6 1
Marshall     1 7 1
Tennessee (SATC)     0 3 0

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at BurlesonGreenville, TXL 0–14[2]
October 8at Simmons (TX)
W 14–8[2]
October 15Southeastern Oklahoma NormalDenton, TXW 27–0[2]
October 26at AustinSherman, TXW 19–13[3]
November 5Decatur BaptistDenton, TXW 34–0[4]
November 9DallasDenton, TXW 13–0[2]
November 23Meridian CollegeDenton, TXW 25–7[2]

References edit

  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  .
  4. ^ "Decatur loses to Denton Normalites". Wise County Messenger. November 9, 1917. Retrieved November 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .