1918 Chicago Naval Reserve football team

American college football season

1918 Chicago Naval Reserve football

Conference| Independent
Record| 7–0
Home stadium| Weeghman Park, Comiskey Park

Seasons

1918 military service football records

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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.[1] Jerry Johnson was the team's star. A game scheduled for October 19 against Notre Dame was cancelled due to influenza.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 12| at Chicago|

* Stagg Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 14–7| | [2]
October 26| at Illinois|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 7–0| | [3]
November 2| at Northwestern|

* Northwestern Field
* Evanston, IL

| W 25–0| | [4]
November 9| at Cleveland Naval Reserve|

* League Park
* Cleveland, OH

| W 6–0| | [5][6]
November 16| Camp Dodge|

* Weeghman Park
* Chicago, IL

| W 20–0| | [7]
November 23| at Minnesota|

* Northrop Field
* Minneapolis, MN

| W 20–6| 5,000|
November 28| Camp Grant|

* Comiskey Park
* Chicago, IL

| W 19–0| | [8]
| Knox|  | | |

## References

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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.
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.
4. ^ "Sailors of Pier Flatten Purple Eleven, 25 to 0". Chicago Tribune. November 3, 1918. pp. 2–5 - via Newspapers.com.
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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World War I military service football teams

Bowl games|

* 1918 Rose Bowl
* 1919 Rose Bowl

All-Service|

* 1917 All-Service football team
* 1918 All-Service football team

1917|

* Allentown Ambulance Corps
* Camp Custer
* Camp Devens
* Camp Dix
* Camp Funston
* Camp Gordon
* Camp Grant
* Camp Jackson
* Camp Lewis
* Camp Meade
* Camp Zachary Taylor
* Camp Upton
* Charlestown Navy Yard
* Fort Sheridan
* Great Lakes Navy
* League Island Marines
* Mare Island Marines
* Mineola Aviation Station
* Newport Naval Reserves

1918|

* Camp Devens
* Camp Dix
* Camp Dodge
* Camp Gordon
* Camp Grant
* Camp Greenleaf
* Camp Hancock
* Camp Lewis
* Camp Perry
* Camp Zachary Taylor
* Camp Upton
* Chicago Naval Reserve
* Cleveland Naval Reserve
* Georgia Eleventh Cavalry
* Great Lakes Navy
* League Island Marines
* Mare Island Marines
* Mather Field
* Mineola Aviation Station

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