1917 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1917 Purdue Boilermakers football
1917 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–4 (0–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Cleo A. O'Donnell (2nd season);
Captain	William J. Berns
Home stadium	Stuart Field
	Seasons ← 1916 1918 →

The 1917 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1917 college football season. In their second season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the Boilermakers compiled a 3–4 record, finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference with an 0–4 record against conference opponents, and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 109 to 95. William J. Berns was the team captain.^[1]^[2]

1917 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	Franklin (IN)*	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 54–0
October 13	DePauw*	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 7–6
October 21	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	L 0–27	^[3]
October 27	at Illinois	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 0–27
November 3	Northwestern	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	L 6–12
November 17	Wabash*	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 28–0
November 24	Indiana	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 0–37
*Non-conference game

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