1918 League Island Marines football team

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]

1918 League Island Marines football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
1918 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 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.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 12at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–6[4]
October 26at Penn
W 7–02,500[5]
November 2at LehighBethlehem, PAW 14–3[6][7]
November 9at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAW 6–2[8][9]
November 16Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–7[10]
November 23at Georgetown
W 34–7[11]
November 30Charleston Navy Yard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–7[12]
December 7Camp Hancock
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–612,000[13][14]

References
  1. "Devil Dogs Face Stiff Football Schedule". The Evening News. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1918. p. 11. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. "Marines Finish All They Start". Evening Public Ledger. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 19, 1918. p. 12. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. Camp, Walter, ed. (1919). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1919. New York, New York: American Sports Publishing Co. p. 227. Retrieved September 12, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
  4. "Lehigh Defeats Marine's Eleven". New York Herald. New York, New York. October 13, 1918. p. 17. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Forward Passes Defeat Old Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 27, 1918. p. 20. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Sailors Beat Lehigh". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 3, 1918. p. 17. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Marines Outplay Lehigh". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 3, 1918. p. 20. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "Navy Yard To Play Swarthmore Eleven". Evening Public Ledger. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1918. p. 18. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. "Navy Bumps Swarthmore". Delaware County Daily Times. Chester, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1918. p. 8. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. "League Island Boys Drub Brown, 14-3". The Boston Globe. November 17, 1918. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "League Islanders Beat G.U., 34 to 7". Evening Star. November 24, 1918. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "League Islanders Defeat Charleston". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 1, 1918. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "League Island Beats Army, 13-6". Evening Public Ledger. December 8, 1918. pp. 1, 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Spectacular Ending of Football Season, Navy Team Wins From Army: League Island Boys Beat Hancock, 13-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 8, 1918. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
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