1918 Akron football team

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1918 Akron football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	2–2–1 (1–2–1 OAC)
Head coach	Fred Sefton (4th season)
Captain	Tommy Tomkinson
Home stadium	Buchtel Field
Seasons ← 1917 1919 →

1918 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Wittenberg $	3	–	0	–	0	4	–	0	–	0
Miami (OH)	4	–	0	–	1	5	–	0	–	1
Mount Union	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Wooster	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Western Reserve	5	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Ohio	1	–	0	–	1	4	–	0	–	1
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	2	3	–	0	–	2
Ohio Wesleyan	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	2	–	0
Case	2	–	3	–	2	3	–	5	–	2
Akron	1	–	2	–	1	2	–	2	–	1
Oberlin	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace	0	–	4	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Kenyon	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	4	–	0
Ohio Northern	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	5	–	0
Denison	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Ohio State *	3	–	0	–	0	3	–	3	–	0

$ – Conference champion * – did not complete for championship

The 1918 Akron football team represented the University of Akron, formerly Buchtel College, in the 1918 college football season. The team was led by head coach Fred Sefton, in his fourth season.^[1] Akron outscored their opponents by a total of 69–47.

The season was shortened to just five games due to the outbreak of the worldwide influenza epidemic.

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 28	Muskingum*	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 39–0
October 2	at Mount Union	Alliance, OH	L 0–20
October 9	Baldwin–Wallace	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 30–0
October 12	Western Reserve		cancelled
October 16	Wooster	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	L 0–26
October 23	Case	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	T 0–0
*Non-conference game

References

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^ "1918 University of Akron Football" (PDF). Akron Zips football. Retrieved January 12, 2018.

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