1918 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1918 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1918 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–2–2
Head coach	Milton Aronowitz (1st season);
Captain	Harry W. Loose
Home stadium	Frazer Field
	Seasons ← 1917 1919 →

1918 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		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] The season was shortened due to travel restrictions resulting from World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October __	US Radio Training School	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 13–0
November 2	Pennsylvania Military	Frazer Field Newark, DE	T 0–0
November 9	USS Minnesota	Frazer Field Newark, DE	T 6–6	^[2]
November 16	at Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	L 0–29	^[3]
November 23	Ursinus	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–9	^[4]