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1917 Akron football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	5–3 (3–1 OAC)
Head coach	Fred Sefton (3rd season)
Captain	Tommy Tomkinson
Home stadium	Buchtel Field
Seasons← 1916 1918 →

1917 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Miami (OH) $	5	–	0	–	1	6	–	0	–	2
Wooster	5	–	0	–	3	6	–	0	–	3
Wittenberg	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Oberlin	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	1
Akron	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Denison	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Western Reserve	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Ohio	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Case	3	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Kenyon	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	3	–	1
Mount Union	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Ohio Northern	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	6	–	0
Ohio State *	3	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1

$ – Conference champion * – did not complete for championship

The 1917 Akron football team represented the University of Akron, formerly Buchtel College, in the 1917 college football season. The team was led by head coach Fred Sefton, in his third season. For the first time since the 1912 season, Akron outscored their opponents, by a total of 143-84.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	Muskingum*	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 33–3
October 6	Heidelberg*	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	L 6–34
October 13	Western Reserve	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 33–0
October 20	Wooster	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	L 6–7
October 27	Ohio Northern	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 20–0
November 3	Mount Union	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 20–0
November 17	Camp Sherman*	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 25–7
November 24	at Allegheny*	Meadville, PA	L 0–33	less than 200
*Non-conference game

References

"1917 University of Akron Football" (PDF). Akron Zips football. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
"Allegheny Humbles Akron University". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. November 26, 1917. p. 9. Retrieved March 31, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .

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