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American college football season
The 1918 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team represented the Naval Station Great Lakes , the United States Navy 's boot camp located near North Chicago, Illinois , in college football during the 1918 college football season .[1]
The team compiled a 7–0–2 record, won the 1919 Rose Bowl , and featured three players (George Halas , Jimmy Conzelman , and Paddy Driscoll ) who were later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame .
Charlie Bachman , who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach, also played for the 1918 Great Lakes team. Bachman at center, and the two guards, captain Emmett Keefe and Jerry Jones , were all former players for Notre Dame . Both ends came from Illinois , Halas and Dick Reichle .[2] Hugh Blacklock and Conrad L. Eklund were at tackle.
The team's backfield was Driscoll, Hal Erickson , Lawrence Eileson, and Blondy Reeves.
Schedule [ edit ]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source ? Radio School W
September 28 at Iowa
Iowa City, IA
W 4,000 [3] [4] October 12 at Illinois
Champaign, IL
W 2,535 [5] [6] October 26 Northwestern
North Chicago, IL
T 15,000 [7] November 9 at Notre Dame
Notre Dame IN
T [8] November 16 at Rutgers
Brooklyn, NY
W 10,000 [9] November 23 at Navy
Annapolis, MD
W > 15,000 [10] November 30 Purdue
Evanston, IL
W [11] [12] January 1, 1919 vs. Mare Island
Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl )
W 26,000 [13]
Season summary [ edit ]
Radio School [ edit ]
The team beat the Radio School 26–0.
On September 28, 1918, Iowa was beaten 10–0, before a crowd of 4,000 in Iowa City . Walter Eckersall in the Chicago Tribune [4]
Illinois [ edit ]
Great Lakes beat Illinois 7–0. Great Lakes scored a touchdown in the first quarter, and both teams were held scoreless thereafter. Paddy Driscoll returned the kickoff at the start of the second half for 65 yards.[6]
Northwestern [ edit ]
On October 26, 1918, Northwestern was fought to a scoreless tie before a crowd of 15,000. The game was played in mud that was ankle deep.[7]
Notre Dame [ edit ]
First-year head coach Knute Rockne and Notre Dame also fought to a tie, in front of the largest crowd ever assembled at Cartier Field.[8]
Rutgers [ edit ]
On November 16, 1918, Driscoll scored six touchdowns, including an 80-yard run, and kicked five extra points in the Naval Station's 54–14 victory over a Rutgers team starring Paul Robeson .[9] [14] [15] [16]
Navy was leading 6–0 late in the game. Bill Ingram fumbled at the 10-yard line, and Great Lakes Harry Eielson picked up the ball and ran for the goal. He crossed midfield, and Gil Dobie muttered "Tackle him" to nobody in particular. A substitute lineman came off the sidelines and tackled Eielson, who was awarded with a touchdown.[17]
Against Purdue, Great Lakes led, 6–0, at halftime, but scored 21 points in the third quarter to extend its lead.[12] [18]
Postseason [ edit ]
Rose Bowl [ edit ]
Great Lakes Navy won the Rose Bowl over Mare Island . George Halas was the game's MVP.
References [ edit ]
^ "Iowa Holds Navy to 10 to 0 Score" . The Des Moines Register . September 29, 1918. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b Walter Eckersall (September 29, 1918). "Great Lakes Team Downs Iowa In Football Opening, 10–0: Touchdown and Field Goal Give Victory to Navy" . Chicago Tribune . p. 5 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Illini Fall Before Attack of Great Lakes Bluejackets, 7-0" . Chicago Tribune . October 13, 1918. p. Part 2, page 5 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b "Great Lakes Is Victor Over Illinois Team in Hard-Fought Game, 7–0" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . October 13, 1918. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b Walter Eckersall (October 27, 1918). "Purple and Great Lakes Elevens Battle to Scoreless Tie: Crowd of 15,000 Sees Struggle on Muddy Field" . Chicago Tribune . p. II-5 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b "Notre Dame Battles Gobs to 7-7 Contest" . The Indianapolis Star . November 10, 1918. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b "Rutgers Falls To Great Lakes" . The Decatur Herald . November 17, 1918. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Great Lakes Scores Fluke Win Over Navy" . The Baltimore Sun . November 24, 1918. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Great Lakes Football Guns Reduce Purdue; Score 27-0" . Chicago Tribune . December 1, 1918. p. Part 2, page 5 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b "Gobs Run Over Boiler Makers in the Third Period: Purdue Whipped By Great Lakes in Final Scrap" . The Indianapolis Star . December 1, 1918. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Mighty Tars Crush the Marines: Service Championship of U.S. Goes to Great Lakes by 17-0 Score at Pasadena Classic" . Los Angeles Times . January 2, 1919. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Great Lakes Eleven Humbles Sanford's Great Machine" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . November 17, 1918. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fall of Rutgers Biggest Surprise in Many Years" . Evening Public Ledger . November 18, 1918. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com .
^ National Collegiate Athletic Association. [from old catalog]; American Intercollegiate Association. [from old catalog] (July 31, 2018). "The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide. The official rules book and record book of college football" . New York [etc.] National Collegiate Athletic Bureau [etc.] – via Internet Archive.
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^ "Our Navy, the Standard Publication of the U.S. Navy" . 1918. p. 43 – via Google Books.
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