1918 Camp Dix football team

1918 Camp Dix football
Conference Independent
1918 record 1–2–2
Head coach Sol Metzger

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]

Schedule

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

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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