1918 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team

The 1918 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University in American football during the 1918 college football season. The addition of a Student's Army Training Corps detachment at Oglethorpe increased enrolment significantly. This allowed Oglethorpe to field a larger team of consistently 30 boys. Oglethorpe's first large game against another college that was widely viewed by the public was played against The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, although Oglethorpe did play Auburn University earlier that season. Despite being beaten, the Oglethorpe squad held Auburn for 8 consecutive downs in the last few minutes of the game. Oglethorpe's rematch against the Non-Coms. of Camp Gordon was much closer than the defeat earlier in the season, which Oglethorpe claims to have lost due to the unfairness of the officials. Oglethorpe won the game with a safety in the last few minutes.

1918 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football
ConferenceIndependent
1918 record5–3
Head coach
CaptainBob Nicholes
Home stadiumOglethorpe University Field
1918 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Centre      4 0 0
Presbyterian      2 0 0
Navy      4 1 0
Southwest Texas      4 2 1
Tennessee (SATC)      3 2 0
Oglethorpe      5 3 0
Delaware      1 2 2
Wake Forest      1 2 0
Florida      0 1 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
Boy's High School
W 19–0
October 12Camp Gordon
  • Oglethorpe University Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–55
Tech High School
  • Oglethorpe University Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 21–0
October 19AuburnL 0–58
Non-Com. Camp Gordon
  • Oglethorpe University Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 13–6
North Georgia Agricultural
  • Oglethorpe University Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 28–0
University of Chattanooga
W 39–0
November 28Non-Com. Camp Gordon
  • Oglethorpe University Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 7–9

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