1918 Western Reserve football team

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1918
Western Reserve football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record5–2 (5–1 OAC)
Head coach (2nd season)
Seasons
← 1917
1919 →
1918 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wittenberg $ 3 0 0 4 0 0
Miami (OH) 4 0 1 5 0 1
Mount Union
5 1 0 6 1 0
Wooster
5 1 0 6 1 0
Western Reserve 5 1 0 5 2 0
Ohio 1 0 1 4 0 1
Cincinnati 0 0 2 3 0 2
Ohio Wesleyan
2 2 0 3 2 0
Case 2 3 2 3 5 2
Akron 1 2 1 2 2 1
Oberlin 1 4 0 1 4 0
Baldwin–Wallace
0 4 1 5 4 1
Kenyon
0 4 0 1 4 0
Ohio Northern
0 5 0 1 5 0
Denison
0 5 0 1 6 0
Ohio State * 3 0 0 3 3 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship

The 1918 Western Reserve football team represented Western Reserve University—now known as

Michigan Agricultural game was cancelled due to the team having to go into quarantine.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 9at
Baldwin–Wallace
Berea, OHW 20–0
October 12Akron Cancelled
October 19Cleveland Naval Reserves*L 6–20
October 26at OberlinOberlin, OHW 6–3
November 2Michigan Agricultural Cancelled
November 9
Ohio Northern
Cleveland, OHW 14–6
November 16Mount UnionCleveland, OHL forfeit
November 23OberlinCleveland, OHW 13–7
November 28at Case
  • Van Horn Field
  • Cleveland, OH
W 14–7
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Frank A. Yocum". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Here is Coach Yocum's Resume of Season". Reserve Weekly. December 18, 1918. p. 4.
  3. ^ "To Stage Contest Behind Closed Gates At Case Field, Western Reserve Goes into Quarantine Today and Its Game with Michigan Aggies Must Be Declared Off". Plain Dealer. October 30, 1918. p. 5.