1917 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1917 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–5 (0–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainJ. Elwood Davis
Home stadiumIowa Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ohio State $ 4 0 0 8 0 1
Minnesota 3 1 0 4 1 0
Northwestern 3 2 0 5 2 0
Wisconsin 3 2 0 4 2 1
Illinois 2 2 1 5 2 1
Chicago 2 2 1 3 2 1
Indiana 1 2 0 5 2 0
Michigan 0 1 0 8 2 0
Iowa 0 2 0 3 5 0
Purdue 0 4 0 3 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1917 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1917 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Howard Jones, the Hawkeyes compiled an overall record of 3–5 with a mark of 0–2 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for eighth in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Iowa Field in Iowa City, Iowa.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 6Cornell (IA)*W 22–13
October 13Nebraska*L 0–47
October 20Grinnell*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
L 0–10
October 27at WisconsinL 0–20
November 3Great Lakes Navy*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
L 14–23
November 10South Dakota*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 35–0
November 17at NorthwesternL 14–25
November 24Iowa State*dagger
W 6–3
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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