1918 college football season

1918 NCAA football season
Pitt's Tom Davies running on Georgia Tech.
Total No. of teams	72
Number of bowls	1
Champion(s)	Michigan Wolverines Pittsburgh Panthers
football seasons

The 1918 NCAA football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Pittsburgh as national champions.

Perhaps the highest profile game was a highly publicized War Charities benefit staged at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh in front of many of the nation's top sports writers, including Walter Camp. The game pitted John Heisman's undefeated, unscored upon, and defending national champion Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets against "Pop" Warner's Pittsburgh Panthers who were sitting on a 30 game win streak. Pitt defeated Georgia Tech 32-0.

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 saw the implementation of quarantines that eliminated much of that year's college football season.

Conference and program changes

School	1917 Conference	1918 Conference
Carlisle Indians	Independent	School closed
Southern Methodist Mustangs	Independent	Southwest

Rose Bowl

Great Lakes Navy would defeat Mare Island Marines 17-7 in the 1919 Rose Bowl.

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1918 Big Ten Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Michigan + 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 0 – 0 Illinois + 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 0 Purdue + 1 – 0 – 0 3 – 3 – 0 Iowa 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1 Minnesota 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1 Northwestern 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 2 – 1 Wisconsin 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 0 Indiana 0 – 0 – 0 2 – 2 – 0 Ohio State 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0 Chicago 0 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion

1918 Missouri Valley Conference football standings Drake   –   3 – 2 – 0 Iowa State   –   0 – 3 – 0 Kansas   –   2 – 2 – 0 Kansas State   –   4 – 1 – 0 Missouri   –   0 – 0 – 0 Nebraska   –   2 – 3 – 1 Washington University   –   6 – 0 – 0 Due to events related to World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association did not schedule any official conference games, recorded no standings, and awarded no title for 1918. Additionally, Missouri canceled their season.

1918 Pacific Coast Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T California $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Oregon 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0 Washington 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 Oregon Agricultural 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0 $ – Conference champion

1918 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T VPI $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0 Davidson 2 – 0 – 0 2 – 1 – 1 Richmond 1 – 0 – 0 3 – 1 – 1 Maryland State 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 1 – 1 Johns Hopkins 0 – 0 – 1 0 – 0 – 1 NC State 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 3 – 0 St. John's (MD) 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0 William & Mary 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 2 – 0 VMI 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 3 – 0 Washington and Lee 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 2 – 0 Georgetown 0 – 0 – 0 3 – 2 – 0 $ – Conference champion

1918 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Georgia Tech $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0 Vanderbilt 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 2 – 0 Mississippi A&M 2 – 0 – 0 3 – 2 – 0 Clemson 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0 South Carolina 2 – 1 – 1 2 – 1 – 1 Furman 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1 Sewanee 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 2 – 0 The Citadel 0 – 1 – 1 0 – 2 – 1 Auburn 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0 Ole Miss 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 3 – 0 Wofford 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 3 – 0 $ – Conference champion There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

1918 Southwest Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Texas 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0 Oklahoma 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0 Texas A&M 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0 Rice 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 5 – 1 SMU 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0 Arkansas 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 2 – 0 Oklahoma A&M 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0 Baylor 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 6 – 0 No champion recognized

See also

• 1918 College Football All-America Team