1918 Tennessee (SATC) football team

The University of Tennessee Athletic Council, chaired by Professor Nathan Dougherty, officially suspended varsity football during the World War I years of 1917 and 1918 because the majority of the players were called into military service. In addition, Coach John R. Bender was enlisted as an instructor at Camp John Sevier in Greenville, South Carolina.

During this period without varsity football, two unofficial teams were formed from Army recruits and students. One team represented a training unit called the Fighting Mechanics and the other team represented the Student Army Training Corps (SATC).

Vanderbilt's program considers the game between the two schools as an official game, however, University of Tennessee does not since most of their team was enlisted in the military fighting in World War I.^{[1][n 1]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 2	Sewanee	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	L 0–68
November 9	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry)	L 0–76
November 16	Maryville	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 9–7
November 23	Milligan	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 32–0
November 28	Tennessee Military Institute	Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 46–0
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Eastern.

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