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1918 Chicago Naval Reserve football team

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1918 Chicago Naval Reserve football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0
Home stadiumWeeghman Park, Comiskey Park
Seasons
1918 military service football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Camp Greenleaf     9 0 0
Chicago Naval Reserve     7 0 0
Mare Island Marines     10 1 0
Great Lakes Navy     7 0 2
League Island Marines     7 1 0
Cleveland Naval Reserve     5 1 0
Camp Hancock     4 1 2
Camp Upton     4 1 2
Camp Taylor     3 1 1
Camp Lewis     7 2 0
Camp Devens     4 2 0
Mather Field     2 1 0
Camp Dodge     2 1 1
Camp Grant     3 3 0
Camp Dix     1 2 2
Camp Gordon     2 4 0
Camp Perry     2 4 0
Georgia Eleventh Cavalry     0 1 0
Mineola Aviation Station     0 3 0

The 1918 Chicago Naval Reserve football team represented the Chicago Naval Reserve School during the 1918 college football season. The Naval Reserve School was established on Chicago's Municipal Pier in June 1918. Jerry Johnson was the team's star. A game scheduled for October 19 against Notre Dame was cancelled due to influenza.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 12at ChicagoW 14–7
October 26at IllinoisW 7–0
November 2at NorthwesternW 25–0
November 9at Cleveland Naval ReserveW 6–0
November 16Camp DodgeW 20–0
November 23at MinnesotaW 20–65,000
November 28Camp GrantW 19–0
Knox

References

  1. "United States Naval Reserve". The University Record. University of Chicago. 1919. p. 108.
  2. "Pier Bluejackets Crush Maroons in Opening Game, 14–7: Stagg's Eleven Unable to Stop Navy's Attack". Chicago Tribune. October 13, 1918. pp. 2–5 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. "One Pass Gives Pier Win Over Illinois, 7 to 0: Zuppke's Men Lack Punch Three Times When on Verge of Score". Chicago Tribune. October 27, 1918. pp. 2–5 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. "Sailors of Pier Flatten Purple Eleven, 25 to 0". Chicago Tribune. November 3, 1918. pp. 2–5 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. "Pier Wins, 6-0, at Cleveland". Chicago Tribune. November 10, 1918. p. Part 2, page 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Bitter Gridiron Struggle: Chicago Naval Reserves Beat Cleveland Sailors in Hard Game, 6-0". The Sunday Star (Washington, D.C.). November 10, 1918. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Walter Eckersall (November 17, 1918). "Pier Marches On Toward Title by 20 to 0 Triumph". Chicago Tribune. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Walter Eckersall (November 29, 1918). "Pier Triumphs Over Grant, 19 to 0". Chicago Tribune. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
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