1918 Camp Dix football team

The 1918 Camp Dix football team represented the United States Army's Camp Dix located near Trenton, New Jersey, during the 1918 college football season. Sol Metzger was the camp's Y.M.C.A. athletic director and the coach of the football team.[1][2]

1918 Camp Dix football
ConferenceIndependent
1918 record1–2–2
Head coachSol Metzger (1st season)
1918 military service football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Camp Greenleaf      9 0 0
Chicago Naval Reserve      7 0 0
League Island Navy      6 0 0
League Island Marines      1 0 0
Mare Island Marines      10 1 0
Great Lakes Navy      7 0 2
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 Gordon      2 4 0
Camp Dix      1 2 2
Georgia Eleventh Cavalry      0 1 0
Mineola Aviation Station      0 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 3Bristol Merchants' Ship
L 0–91,500[3]
Brooklyn Navy YardT 7–7[4]
November 24vs. Mineola Aviation FieldW 12–0[5]
November 30Camp Upton
  • City Field
  • Trenton, NJ
T 7–7
December 7vs. Camp GreenleafWashington, D.C.L 0–34[6]
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References

  1. "Football Best Training for Soldiers Says Athletic Director at Camp Dix". Harrisburg Telegraph. November 5, 1918. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Sol Metzger Signs $1 Contract to Coach Camp Dix Football Team". Altoona Times. October 28, 1918. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Another for Merchants: Bristol Team Downs Camp Dix -- Score 9 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1918. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1919. American Sports Publishing Co. 1919. p. 203.
  5. "Albright Stars in Dix Victory". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 25, 1918. p. 18 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Dix 'Treat 'Em Roughs' Are Treated Mighty Roughly: Camp Greenleaf Eleven Easily Wins Eastern Cantonment Gridiron Title from Jersey Team by 34-to-0 Score". The Washington Herald. December 8, 1918. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
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