1918 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1918 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1918 college football season.

1918 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
1918 record3–1–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainLeonard Bahan
Home stadiumCartier Field
1918 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 (MI)      3 2 0
Michigan Agricultural      4 3 0
Akron      2 2 1
St. Mary's (OH)      1 1 0
Toledo      1 1 0
Michigan State Normal      1 2 0
Iowa State Teachers      1 3 0
Wabash      1 3 0
Fairmount      1 4 0
Lake Forest      0 1 0
Detroit      0 2 0
Haskell      0 2 0

At age thirty, Knute Rockne made his head coaching debut on September 28 against Case (now Case Western Reserve) in Cleveland, Ohio.[1][2][3] This team included George Gipp, Hunk Anderson, and Curly Lambeau, founder and head coach of the NFL's Green Bay Packers.

The schedule was curtailed from its usual 9 games to 6 due to the outbreak of the worldwide influenza epidemic. Therefore, no games were played during the month of October.[4]

"On Oct. 11, Dr. Emil G. Freyermuth, the South Bend city health officer, issued an order forbidding all public gatherings until further notice. All schools, theaters, clubs, churches and other religious institutions were closed. Public funerals, meetings, dances and other events were canceled. The University of Notre Dame football team — led by coach Knute Rockne and including star player George Gipp — canceled several football games that month."

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 28at Case
W 26–6
November 2at WabashCrawfordsville, INW 67–7
November 9Great Lakes NavyT 7–7
November 16at Michigan AgriculturalL 7–13
November 23at PurdueW 26–6
November 28at NebraskaT 0–0

Source:[5]

References

  1. http://125.nd.edu/moments/this-day-in-history-rockne-takes-the-reins/
  2. "Notre Dame wins". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). September 29, 1918. p. 1, part 3.
  3. "Notre Dame wins over Case, 26 to 6". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 29, 1918. p. 1, sports.
  4. Fosmoe, Margaret (October 1, 2018). "A century ago this fall, Spanish flu struck South Bend area hard". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  5. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/notre-dame/1918-schedule.html


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