1918 Auburn Tigers football team
Appearance
1918 Auburn Tigers football | |
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Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Record | 2–5 (0–2 SIAA) |
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Base defense | 7–2–2 |
Captain | Ike Rogers |
Home stadium | Drake Field Rickwood Field |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1918 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1918 college football season. It was the Tigers' 27th season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his 14th year, and played their home games at Drake Field in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of two wins and five losses (2–5 overall, 0–2 in the SIAA).
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 19 | Oglethorpe* | W 58–0 | [1] | ||
October 26 | Camp Greenleaf* |
| L 0–26 | [2] | |
November 3 | at Marion* | Marion, AL | W 20–6 | [3] | |
November 9 | vs. Camp Gordon* | L 6–14 | 5,000 | [4] | |
November 16 | Vanderbilt | L 0–21 | [5] | ||
November 28 | at Georgia Tech | L 0–41 | [6] | ||
December 7 | Camp Sheridan* |
| L 0–7 | [7] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Auburn Tigers make big score". The Birmingham News. October 20, 1918. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Camp Greenleaf team defeats Auburn, 26 to 0". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 27, 1918. Retrieved May 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn defeats Marion on campus by score of 20 to 6". The Marion Times-Standard. November 7, 1918. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Camp Gordon Defeats Alabama Polytechnic". The Tampa Tribune. November 10, 1918. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn Tiger beaten by rivals air attack". The Birmingham News. November 17, 1918. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Tech Using Forward Pass Often, Swamps Auburn, 41-0". The Tennessean. November 29, 1918. p. 10. Retrieved January 13, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sheridan eleven defeats Auburn". The Montgomery Advertiser. December 8, 1918. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1918 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 12, 2024.