1917 Toledo Blue and Gold football team

1917 Toledo Blue and Gold football
Conference	Independent
1917 record	0–3
Head coach	John Brandeberry (1st year)
Captain	Ken Keller

The 1917 Toledo Blue and Gold football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University (renamed the University of Toledo in 1967) as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In their first season fielding a varsity football team, the Blue and Gold were coached by engineering professor John Brandeberry, compiled a 0–3 record, failed to score a point, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 262 to 0.^[1] The school losses to the University of Detroit and Ohio Northern by scores of 145 to 0 and 90 to 0, respectively, remain the worst defeats in program history.^[2] The team's 13 members were required to purchase their own uniforms and had no practice scrimmages before the first game against Detroit.^[3] Ken Keller was the team captain.^[4]

References

↑ "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. pp. 133, 182, 186.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 202.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 133.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 164.

Toledo Rockets football

Venues	Glass Bowl (1937–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Bowling Green (Peace Pipe Trophy, 1980–2010; Battle of I-75 Trophy 2011–present)

Culture & lore	Rocket Marching Band

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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