1918 Mather Field football team

1918 Mather Field football
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Seasons
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1918 military service football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Camp Greenleaf   –   9 – 0 – 0
Chicago Naval Reserve   –   7 – 0 – 0
Mare Island Marines   –   10 – 1 – 0
Great Lakes Navy   –   7 – 0 – 2
League Island Marines   –   7 – 1 – 0
Cleveland Naval Reserve   –   5 – 1 – 0
Camp Hancock   –   4 – 1 – 2
Camp Upton   –   4 – 1 – 2
Camp Taylor   –   3 – 1 – 1
Camp Lewis   –   7 – 2 – 0
Camp Devens   –   4 – 2 – 0
Mather Field   –   2 – 1 – 0
Camp Dodge   –   2 – 1 – 1
Camp Grant   –   3 – 3 – 0
Camp Dix   –   1 – 2 – 2
Camp Gordon   –   2 – 4 – 0
Camp Perry   –   2 – 4 – 0
Georgia Eleventh Cavalry   –   0 – 1 – 0
Mineola Aviation Station   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1918 Mather Field football team represented Mather Field, located near Sacramento, California, during the 1918 college football season. Former Pittsburgh back Jimmy DeHart played for Camp Mather in 1918. He also served as the coach.[1]

The Spanish flu pandemic derailed the team's original schedule, and the team's manager had difficulty scheduling opponents after the pandemic subsided.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 16at California
W 13–0
November 28Fort BakerSacramento, CAW 53–63,000[2]
December 14vs. Mare Island
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
L 14–325,000[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mather Flyers Are Looking for Games". San Francisco Chronicle. November 10, 1918. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Three Thousand See Mather Field Flyers Beat Fort Baker". Oakland Tribune. November 29, 1918. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Marines Win Championship of Service Teams by Defeating Aviators: Fliers Make Game Finish, But Lose Out". Oakland Tribune. December 15, 1918. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Marines Wallop Mather". Los Angeles Times. December 15, 1918. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.