1918 Haskell Indians football team

1918 Haskell Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4
Head coach
Home stadiumHaskell Field
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 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute (now known as Haskell Indian Nations University) as an independent during the 1918 college football season. Practice started during the first week of September.[1] In its first season under head coach J. E. Saunders, Haskell compiled a 1–4 record.

As of the fall of 1918, the Haskell Institute had 832 students.[2] The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic struck the Haskell campus. By early November, 326 cases were reported with a total of seven deaths.[3]

  1. ^ "Haskell Braves Start Gridiron Practice Now: Squad of Forty Are Out Every Day Under Coach Saunders". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. September 9, 1918. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Haskell Indians' War Record". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 12, 1918. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ban Raised at Haskell: Indian School Officially Declared Free of Flu". The Topeka Daily Capital. November 7, 1918. p. 8.