1918 League Island Marines football team explained

Year:1918
Team:League Island Marines
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:7–1
Head Coach:Byron W. Dickson
Hc Year:1st
Next Year:none

The 1918 League Island Marines football team represented the United States Marine Corps stationed at the League Island Navy Yard in Philadelphia during the 1918 college football season. The team was coached by Byron W. Dickson.[1] A game scheduled for October 19 against Villanova was cancelled due to Spanish flu quarantine.[2]

The 1919 edition of the Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide indicates that Dickson coached a Marine team that disbanded after beating Penn on October 26, and afterward, a League Island Navy Yard team was formed, which went 6–0 beginning with a victory over Lehigh on November 2.[3] Contemporary newspapers accounts do not appear to make a distinction between the two teams.

Notes and References

  1. News: . Devil Dogs Face Stiff Football Schedule . . . October 18, 1918 . 11 . September 11, 2021 . .
  2. News: . Marines Finish All They Start . . . October 19, 1918 . 12 . September 11, 2021 . .
  3. Book: Camp . Walter . Walter Camp . 1919 . Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1919 . . American Sports Publishing Co. . 227 . September 12, 2021 . .