1918 Camp Greenleaf football team

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1918 Camp Greenleaf football
Service champion of the East
Conference	Independent
Record	9–0
Head coach	Andrew W. Smith (1st season)
Seasons ← 1917

1918 military service football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Camp Greenleaf		–		9	–	0	–	0
Chicago Naval Reserve		–		7	–	0	–	0
Mare Island Marines		–		10	–	1	–	0
Great Lakes Navy		–		7	–	0	–	2
League Island Marines		–		7	–	1	–	0
Cleveland Naval Reserve		–		5	–	1	–	0
Camp Hancock		–		4	–	1	–	2
Camp Upton		–		4	–	1	–	2
Camp Taylor		–		3	–	1	–	1
Camp Lewis		–		7	–	2	–	0
Camp Devens		–		4	–	2	–	0
Mather Field		–		2	–	1	–	0
Camp Dodge		–		2	–	1	–	1
Camp Grant		–		3	–	3	–	0
Camp Dix		–		1	–	2	–	2
Camp Gordon		–		2	–	4	–	0
Camp Perry		–		2	–	4	–	0
Georgia Eleventh Cavalry		–		0	–	1	–	0
Mineola Aviation Station		–		0	–	3	–	0

The 1918 Camp Greenleaf football team represented Camp Greenleaf of Fort Oglethorpe during the 1918 college football season. Jock Sutherland was on the team.^[1] The team challenged Georgia Tech to a game, but Tech declined.

Andrew W. Smith was the coach until he was selected in November 1918 to serve overseas.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 12	at Sewanee	McGee Field Sewanee, TN	W 14–0		^[3]
October 19	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 6–0		^[4]
October 26	at Auburn	Drake Field Auburn, AL	W 26–0		^[5]
November 2	Camp Hancock Ordnance	Oglethorpe Field Fort Oglethorpe, GA	W 19–14	8,000	^[6]
November 16	at Charleston Navy	Charleston, SC	W 12–0		^[7]
November 23	vs. Camp Gordon	Ponce de Leon Park Atlanta, GA	W 26–7	2,500	^[8]
November 28	Camp Hancock Ordnance	Oglethorpe Field Fort Oglethorpe, GA	W 34–0		^[9]
December 7	vs. Camp Dix	Washington, DC	W 34–0		^[10]

References

^ "Clipped from the Montgomery Advertiser". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 26, 1918. p. 5.
^ "Coach Leaves: Greenleaf Team Loses Manager and Mentor, Too". The Chattanooga News. November 14, 1918. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sewanee Tigers defeated, 14–0, by Camp Greenleaf soldiers". Nashville Tennessean. October 13, 1918. Retrieved May 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Soldiers win on muddy field". Nashville Banner. October 20, 1918. Retrieved May 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Camp Greenleaf team defeats Auburn, 26 to 0". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 27, 1918. Retrieved May 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Greenleaf's fourth win, Hancock eleven beaten in pretty game". Chattanooga Daily Times. November 3, 1918. Retrieved May 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Greenleaf unbeatable, local Army eleven easily wallops Charleston team". Chattanooga Daily Times. November 19, 1918. Retrieved May 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Rielley, Jack F. (November 24, 1918). "Greenleaf Beats Gordon, 26 to 7". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 3. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Greenleaf in triumph, Oglethorpe stars make it eight straight". Chattanooga Daily Times. November 29, 1918. Retrieved May 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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.

v t e World War I military service football teams
Bowl games	1918 Rose Bowl 1919 Rose Bowl
All-Service	1917 All-Service football team 1918 All-Service football team
1917	Allentown Ambulance Corps Camp Custer Camp Devens Camp Dix Camp Funston Camp Gordon Camp Grant Camp Jackson Camp Lewis Camp Meade Camp Zachary Taylor Camp Upton Charlestown Navy Yard Fort Sheridan Great Lakes Navy League Island Marines Mare Island Marines Mineola Aviation Station Newport Naval Reserves
1918	Camp Devens Camp Dix Camp Dodge Camp Gordon Camp Grant Camp Greenleaf Camp Hancock Camp Lewis Camp Perry Camp Zachary Taylor Camp Upton Chicago Naval Reserve Cleveland Naval Reserve Georgia Eleventh Cavalry Great Lakes Navy League Island Marines Mare Island Marines Mather Field Mineola Aviation Station

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