1918 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

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1918 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2–2
Head coach
CaptainHarry W. Loose
Home stadium Frazer Field
Seasons
  1917
1919  
1918 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Centre   4 0 0
Presbyterian   2 0 0
Navy   4 1 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   4 1 0
Kentucky   2 1 0
Southwest Texas State   4 2 1
Tennessee (SATC)   3 2 0
Oglethorpe   5 3 0
Delaware   1 2 2
North Texas State Normal   1 2 1
Wake Forest   1 2 0
West Tennessee State Normal   2 4 0
Florida   0 1 0

The 1918 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented Delaware College (later renamed the University of Delaware) as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Milton Aronowitz, the team compiled a 1–2–2 record and was outscored by a total of 44 to 19. Harry W. Loose was the team captain. [1] [2] The season was shortened due to travel restrictions resulting from World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October __US Radio Training SchoolW 13–0
November 2 Pennsylvania Military T 0–0
November 9 USS Minnesota
  • Frazer Field
  • Newark, DE
T 6–6 [3]
November 16at Swarthmore Swarthmore, PA L 0–29 [4]
November 23 Ursinus
  • Frazer Field
  • Newark, DE
L 0–9 [5]

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References

  1. "Delaware Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. "2012 Blue Hens Football Media Guide". University of Delaware. 2012. p. 156. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  3. "Delaware Plays New Castle To Tie". The Evening Journal. November 11, 1918. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Old Delaware Squad Heavily Snowed Under: Fought a Good Fight But Couldn't Stem the Heft of Swarthmore". Wilmington Morning News. November 18, 1918. pp. 9, 11 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Delaware Suffers Her Second Defeat: Blue and Gold Men Go Down Before the Ursinus Eleven". Wilmington Morning News. November 25, 1918. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.