1917 Camp Meade football team

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| year = 1917

| team = Camp Meade

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 1–2

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| prev_year = none

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{{1917 military service football records}}

The 1917 Camp Meade football team represented the United States Army's Camp Meade located in Maryland during the 1917 college football season.

Former Carlisle Indians player Gus Welch played at quarterback for Camp Meade.{{cite news|title=USAACS Defeat Camp Meade by 20 to 14, But Welch Almost Turns Tide Near Close|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 25, 1917|page=24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22482279/usaacs_defeat_camp_meade_by_20_to_14/|via=Newspapers.com}} Eddie Thayer, a former Penn star who played in Camp Meade's backfield, was selected by Walter Camp as a third-team player on the 1917 All-Service football team.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZxCAQAAIAAJ&dq=All-America&pg=PA141|journal=Collier's Weekly|title=War and Football|volume=60|page=32|date=January 5, 1918}}

Everett "Hook" Mylin, formerly of Franklin and Marshall, was the team captain. He was wounded while fighting in France in 1918.{{cite news|title=Hook Mylin Is Wounded In France|newspaper=The Gazette Times|location=Pittsburgh|date=October 26, 1918|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22495003/hook_mylin_is_wounded_in_france/|via=Newspapers.com}}

In 1918, Camp Meade did not field an all-cantonment team. Instead, the camp organized company teams with multiple games played each week.{{cite web| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/80708031/| title = 29 Sep 1918, Page 16 - The Washington Times at Newspapers.com}}{{cite web| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/372966234/| title = 28 Nov 1918, 8 - The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com}}