1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1917 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7–1
Head coach
CaptainMorris Foose
Home stadiumCentral 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 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the 1917 college football season. Marshall posted a 1–7–1 record, being outscored by its opposition 7–345. Home games were played on a campus field called "Central Field" which is presently Campus Commons.