1918 Detroit Tigers football team

1918 Detroit Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1917
1919 →
1918 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit Junior College     4 0 0
Central Michigan     1 0 0
Marquette     2 0 1
Heidelberg     5 1 0
St. Xavier     4 1 1
Notre Dame     3 1 2
Butler     2 1 1
Western State Normal (MI)     3 2 0
Saint Louis     3 2 1
Michigan Agricultural     4 3 0
Akron     2 2 1
St. Mary's (OH)     1 1 0
Toledo     1 1 0
Nebraska     2 3 1
Michigan State Normal     1 2 0
Iowa State Teachers     1 3 0
Wabash     1 3 0
Fairmount     1 4 0
Haskell     1 4 0
Lake Forest     0 1 0
Detroit     0 2 0

The 1918 Detroit Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Detroit in the 1918 college football season. The team compiled a 0–2 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 19 to 2.[1]

The 1918 team played in a season shortened by World War I travel restrictions and the 1918 flu pandemic. Games scheduled for the month of October were cancelled due to travel and other restrictions imposed by the United States Department of War.[2][3] Teams were permitted to play two games in November, though restrictions remained on games that required travel of long distances.[2]

James F. Duffy, head coach of the 1917 team, missed the 1918 season due to wartime military service. In the spring of 1918, Duffy enlisted in the United States Navy.[4] As a result, the University of Detroit football team played the 1918 season without a coach. Duffy returned for the 1919 season.

  1. ^ "Detroit Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b "War Department Holds to Order Limiting Fall's Football Games". Detroit Free Press. October 4, 1918. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Spanish Influenza Deals Western Universities Football Big Blow". Detroit Free Press. October 12, 1918. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Detroit University Coach Made an Ensign in Navy". Detroit Free Press. November 9, 1918. p. 10.