# 1916–17 American Cup

The 1917 American Cup was the annual open cup held by the American Football Association. Thirty-six teams entered the competition however none of the major Massachusetts teams entered. A new rule that season made by the Southern New England FA forbade their clubs from entering more than one tournament other than the State Cup. This being the case most of the teams opted for the National Cup instead. Bethlehem Steel brought home the trophy for the third time with a convincing 7-0 final win against the West Hudsons.

## American Cup Bracket

| Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| November 26 - New York | November 26 - New York | | | | | | |
| New Yorks F.C. | 3 | | | | | | |
| New Yorks F.C. | 3 | January 28 - New York | January 28 - New York | | | | | |
| Bridgeport City | 1 | January 28 - New York | January 28 - New York | | | | |
| Bridgeport City | 1 | New York F.C. | 1 | | | | |
| December 9 - Bethlehem | December 9 - Bethlehem | | New York F.C. | 1 | | | | |
| December 9 - Bethlehem | December 9 - Bethlehem | Bethlehem Steel | 2 | | | | |
| Bethlehem Steel | 2 | Bethlehem Steel | 2 | | | | |
| Bethlehem Steel | 2 | | | | March 11 - Newark | March 11 - Newark | | |
| Henry Disston F.C. | 1 | | | | March 11 - Newark | March 11 - Newark | |
| Henry Disston F.C. | 1 | | | | Bethlehem Steel | 5 | |
| | | | | | Clan MacDonald | 0 | |
| Clan MacDonald | w/o | | | | Clan MacDonald | 0 | |
| Clan MacDonald | w/o | January 21 - New York | January 21 - New York | | | | | |
| Chicopee Rovers | | January 21 - New York | January 21 - New York | | | | |
| Chicopee Rovers | | Clan MacDonald | 4 | | | | |
| | | Continentals F.C. | 1 | | | | |
| Continentals F.C. | 2 | Continentals F.C. | 1 | | | | |
| Continentals F.C. | 2 | | | | | | | May 13 - Newark | May 13 - Newark |
| General Electric F.C. | 1 | | | | | | | May 13 - Newark | May 13 - Newark |
| General Electric F.C. | 1 | | | | | | | Bethlehem Steel | 7 |
| January 14 - Bayonne | January 14 - Bayonne | | | | | | | | Bethlehem Steel | 7 |
| January 14 - Bayonne | January 14 - Bayonne | | | | | | | West Hudson A.A. | 0 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | 2 | | | | | | | West Hudson A.A. | 0 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | 2 | April 1 - Bayonne | April 1 - Bayonne | | | | | | |
| Scottish Americans | 1 | April 1 - Bayonne | April 1 - Bayonne | | | | | | |
| Scottish Americans | 1 | Babcock & Wilcox | 1-0 | | | | | | |
| | | West Hudson A.A. | 1-4 | | | | | | |
| West Hudson A.A. | 1 | West Hudson A.A. | 1-4 | | | | | | |
| West Hudson A.A. | 1 | | | | April 22 - Newark | April 22 - Newark | | | | |
| Bay Ridge | 0 | | | | April 22 - Newark | April 22 - Newark | | | |
| Bay Ridge | 0 | | | | West Hudson A.A. | 1 | | | |
| December 3 | December 3 | | | | | West Hudson A.A. | 1 | | | |
| December 3 | December 3 | | | | Brooklyn Celtic | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Celtic | 6 | | | | Brooklyn Celtic | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Celtic | 6 | January 14 | January 14 | | | | | |
| Falls F.C. | 0 | January 14 | January 14 | | | | |
| Falls F.C. | 0 | Brooklyn Celtic | 9 | | | | |
| | | Jersey A.C. | 0 | | | | |
| Alley Boys | 2-1 | Jersey A.C. | 0 | | | | |
| Jersey A.C. | 2-2 | | | | | | |