1917 Detroit Heralds season
{{Short description|Sports season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NFL team season
| team = Detroit Heralds
| year = 1917
| record = 8–2
| league_place =
| coach = Bill Marshall
| stadium = Navin Field
| playoffs =
| previous =
| next = 1918
}}
The 1917 Detroit Heralds season was the 13th season for the Detroit Heralds, an independent American football team. Led by coach Bill Marshall, the team compiled an 8–2 record.
Tommy Hughitt, Norb Sacksteder, and Birtie Maher starred for the Heralds. Frank Nesser joined the team in late November.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|October 7||Hammond|Navin Field|Detroit|W 19-0|1,000|{{cite news|title=Hammond Is Stopped by Our Heralds|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 8, 1917|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22533270/hammond_is_stopped_by_our_heralds/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 14||Cincinnati Celts|Navin Field|Detroit|W 14-0||{{cite news|title=Celts Again Subdued by Heralds|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 15, 1917|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22533124/celts_again_subdued_by_the_heralds/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 21||All-Buffalo|Navin Field|Detroit|W 67-0||{{cite news|title=Buffaloes Beaten by Detroiters|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 22, 1917|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22533020/buffaloes_beaten_by_detroiters/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 28||Toledo Maroons|Navin Field|Detroit|W 20-7||{{cite news|title=Toledo Is Dumped in Great Game|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 29, 1917|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22532884/toledo_is_dumped_in_great_game/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 4||Wabash|Navin Field|Detroit|W 34-0||{{cite news|title=Wabash Is Crushed by Detroiters|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 5, 1917|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22532784/wabash_is_crushed_by_detroiters/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 11||Camp Custer|Navin Field|Detroit|L 0-13|15,000|{{cite news|title='Pro' Champs Are Beaten by Officers|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|pages=11–12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22292340/pro_champs_are_beaten_by_officers/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 18||Racine|Navin Field|Detroit|W 19-0||{{cite news|title=Detroiters Knock Off Wisconsin|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 19, 1917|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22533480/detroiters_knock_off_wisconsin/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 25||Columbus Panhandles|Navin Field|Detroit|W ||
|November 29||Canton Bulldogs||Detroit|L 0-7||
|December 2|at|Toledo Maroons||Toledo, OH|W 23-0||{{cite news|title=Heralds Too Strong for Maumeeans|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=December 3, 1917|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22533605/heralds_too_strong_for_maumeeans/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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Players
- Booth, halfback
- Pat Dunne, fullback
- Edgerton, tackle
- Steamer Horning, tackle
- Tommy Hughitt, quarterback (only appeared in early season games)
- "Nig" Lenahan, halfback/fullback
- Birtie Maher, halfback/end
- Marider, guard
- Danny Mullane, end
- Norb Sacksteder, halfback
- Schlee, guard/tackle
- Shanks, tackle
- G. Shields, guard
- Archie "Dutch" Stewart, center and captain
- Straight, guard
- Carl Thiele, end/tackle
- Lou Usher, center/guard/tackle
- Weekes, quarterback (possibly "Hub" Weekes)
- Whipple, end
- Whitaker/Whittaker, quarterback
- Perce Wilson, halfback/quarterback
- Windbiel, guard/tackle
- Witherbein, tackle
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Detroit seasons (1920s NFL teams)}}
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