1918 Detroit Tigers football team

The 1918 Detroit Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Detroit in the 1918 college football season. The team compiled a 0–2 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 19 to 2.

1918 Detroit Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2
Head coach
  • None
1918 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Detroit Junior College    4 0 0
Central Michigan    1 0 0
Marquette    2 0 1
Heidelberg    5 1 0
St. Xavier    4 1 1
Notre Dame    3 1 2
Butler    2 1 1
Western State Normal (MI)    3 2 0
Saint Louis    3 2 1
Michigan Agricultural    4 3 0
Akron    2 2 1
St. Mary's (OH)    1 1 0
Toledo    1 1 0
Nebraska    2 3 1
Michigan State Normal    1 2 0
Iowa State Teachers    1 3 0
Wabash    1 3 0
Fairmount    1 4 0
Haskell    1 4 0
Lake Forest    0 1 0
Detroit    0 2 0

The 1918 team played in a season shortened by World War I travel restrictions and the 1918 flu pandemic. Games scheduled for the month of October were cancelled due to travel and other restrictions imposed by the United States Department of War. Teams were permitted to play two games in November, though restrictions remained on games that required travel of long distances.

James F. Duffy, head coach of the 1917 team, missed the 1918 season due to wartime military service. In the spring of 1918, Duffy enlisted in the United States Navy. As a result, the University of Detroit football team played the 1918 season without a coach. Duffy returned for the 1919 season.

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