1917 Geneva Covenanters football team

1917 Geneva Covenanters football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Philip Henry Bridenbaugh (1st season)

1917 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pittsburgh			–					10	–	0	–	0
Williams			–					7	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					9	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	2	–	3
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					0	–	6	–	1

The 1917 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1917 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Philip Henry Bridenbaugh, the team compiled a record of 5–3–1.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29	3:00 p.m.	at Thiel	Parkard Park Greenville, PA	W 3–0
October 6		St. Bonaventure	Beaver Falls, PA	W 32–0
October 13		Barnetts	Beaver Falls, PA	W 17–9
October 20		at Allegheny	Meadville, PA	L 0–39
October 27		Washington & Jefferson	Beaver Falls, PA	L 0–35
November 3		Grove City	Beaver Falls, PA	T 7–7
November 10		Westminster (PA)	Beaver Falls, PA	W 23–7
November 17		Bethany (WV)	Beaver Falls, PA	L 6–25
November 24		Camp Sherman	Beaver Falls, PA	W 26–0
All times are in Eastern time