| 1917–18 season | |||
| Chairman | John Ure Primrose | ||
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| Manager | William Wilton | ||
| Ground | Ibrox Park | ||
| Scottish League Division One | 1st P34 W25 D6 L3 F66 A24 |
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| Top goalscorer | League: Jimmy Gordon, Tommy Cairns (11) All: Jimmy Gordon, Tommy Cairns (11) |
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The 1917–18 season is the 28th season of competitive football by Rangers.
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Rangers played a total of 34 competitive matches during the 1917–18 season. They finished top of the Scottish League Division One after winning 25 of the 34 league matches and collecting a total of 56 points (one more than second placed Celtic).
The Scottish Cup was not competed for this season as the Scottish Football Association had withdrawn the tournament due to the outbreak of the First World War.
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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| 18 Aug 1917 | Kilmarnock | A | 1–0 | 10,000 | McDermid |
| 29 Aug 1917 | Third Lanark | H | 4–2 | 18,000 | Cunningham (3, 1 pen), Cairns |
| 01 Sep 1917 | Partick Thistle | A | 0–2 | 20,000 | |
| 15 Sep 1917 | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | 10,000 | Bowie, Cairns, Gordon (o.g.) |
| 24 Sep 1917 | Queen's Park | H | 3–0 | 12,000 | Muirhead (2), Lawson |
| 29 Sep 1917 | Dumbarton | A | 4–2 | 8,000 | Cairns (2), Muirhead (2) |
| 13 Oct 1917 | Greenock Morton | A | 1–1 | 10,000 | Brown |
| 20 Oct 1917 | Celtic | H | 1–2 | 45,000 | Bowie |
| 27 Oct 1917 | St. Mirren | A | 0–0 | 10,00 | |
| 03 Nov 1917 | Ayr United | H | 0–0 | 8,000 | |
| 10 Nov 1917 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–0 | 12,000 | Gordon (2), Archibald |
| 17 Nov 1917 | Airdrieonians | H | 4–0 | 12,000 | Brown (3), Cairns |
| 24 Nov 1917 | Queen's Park | A | 3–2 | 12,000 | Gordon (pen.), Archibald, Brown |
| 01 Dec 1917 | Dumbarton | H | 2–1 | 7,000 | Cairns (2) |
| 08 Dec 1917 | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–1 | 9,000 | Reid (2) |
| 15 Dec 1917 | Falkirk | H | 4–1 | 8,000 | Brown (2), Archibald, Bowie |
| 22 Dec 1917 | Third Lanark | A | 1–0 | 12,000 | [Muirhead |
| 29 Dec 1917 | St. Mirren | H | 2–0 | 12,000 | Bowie, Cairns |
| 01 Jan 1918 | Celtic | A | 0–0 | 55,000 | |
| 02 Jan 1918 | Partick Thistle | H | 1–0 | 18,000 | Blair (pen.) |
| 05 Jan 1918 | Clydebank | A | 1–1 | 14,700 | Archibald |
| 12 Jan 1918 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | 8,000 | Gordon (2) |
| 26 Jan 1918 | Ayr United | A | 2–0 | 5,000 | Cairns, McDermid |
| 02 Feb 1918 | Greenock Morton | H | 4–2 | 25,000 | Gordon (4) |
| 09 Feb 1918 | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | 8,000 | McDermid |
| 16 Feb 1918 | Clyde | A | 3–0 | 8,000 | Brown (2), Cairns |
| 23 Feb 1918 | Motherwell | A | 0–0 | 12,000 | |
| 02 Mar 1918 | Kilmarnock | H | 3–0 | 20,000 | Archibald (2), McCulloch |
| 09 Mar 1918 | Falkirk | A | 0–2 | 8,000 | |
| 16 Mar 1918 | Hamilton Academical | H | 4–2 | 10,000 | McDermid, Hart, Archibald, Martin |
| 23 Mar 1918 | Airdrieonians | A | 2–1 | 10,000 | Hart, Cairns |
| 30 Mar 1918 | Clydebank | H | 1–0 | 10,000 | Cunningham |
| 06 Apr 1918 | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | 25,000 | Gordon (2) |
| 13 Apr 1918 | Clyde | H | 2–1 | 10,000 | Archibald, Bowie |
| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
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| Sandy Archibald | MF | 34 | 8 |
| Tommy Cairns | FW | 34 | 11 |
| James Bowie | MF | 33 | 5 |
| Arthur Dixon | DF | 32 | 0 |
| Bert Manderson | DF | 29 | 0 |
| Bob McDermid | MF | 28 | 4 |
| James Blair | DF | 27 | 1 |
| John Hempsey | GK | 25 | 0 |
| Peter Pursell | DF | 24 | 0 |
| James Martin | MF | 18 | 1 |
| Jimmy Gordon | DF | 16 | 11 |
| George McQueen | DF | 12 | 0 |
| Harold McKenna | MF | 12 | 0 |
| David Brown | FW | 11 | 9 |
| Tommy Muirhead | MF | 7 | 5 |
| Herbert Lock | GK | 7 | 0 |
| Hector Lawson | MF | 5 | 1 |
| Andy Cunningham | MF | 4 | 4 |
| James Young | MF | 4 | 0 |
| Joseph Hart | FW | 3 | 2 |
| James Riddell | DF | 2 | 0 |
| Thomas Shingleton | GK | 2 | 0 |
| John McCulloch | FW | 2 | 1 |
| Dick Bell | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Reid | FW | 1 | 2 |
| John Dick | DF | 1 | 0 |
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