1918 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team

1918 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football
Rose Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–2
Head coach
CaptainEmmett Keefe
Seasons
← 1917
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 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team represented the Naval Station Great Lakes, the United States Navy's boot camp located near North Chicago, Illinois, in college football during the 1918 college football season.[1]

The team compiled a 7–0–2 record, won the 1919 Rose Bowl, and featured three players (George Halas, Jimmy Conzelman, and Paddy Driscoll) who were later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Charlie Bachman, who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach, also played for the 1918 Great Lakes team. Bachman at center, and the two guards, captain Emmett Keefe and Jerry Jones, were all former players for Notre Dame. Both ends came from Illinois, Halas and Dick Reichle.[2] Hugh Blacklock and Conrad L. Eklund were at tackle.

The team's backfield was Driscoll, Hal Erickson, Lawrence Eileson, and Blondy Reeves.

  1. ^ "1918 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ^ Buzzell, Francis. "The Great Lakes naval training station; a history". Boston : Small, Maynard & Company. pp. 166–167 – via Internet Archive.