1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
CaptainErnest S. Wilson
Home stadiumFrazer Field
1917 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented Delaware College (later renamed the University of Delaware) as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Stan Baumgartner, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 108 to 20. Ernest S. Wilson was the team captain. The team played its home games at Frazer Field in Newark, Delaware.