The 1918 season
292 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Michigan claims the national title. Share
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Conference champions
Major college
- Pacific Coast Conference
- California
- South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Virginia Tech
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Georgia Tech
Small college
- Ohio Athletic Conference
- Miami (OH)
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- EPaul Robeson, Rutgers
- OTBill Fincher, Georgia Tech
- OTPete Henry, Washington & Jefferson
- OTLeonard Hilty, Pittsburgh
- OTLou Usher, Syracuse
- RBJoe Guyon, Georgia Tech
- OGDoc Alexander, Syracuse
- OGLyman Perry, Navy
- CBum Day, Georgia Tech
- CJack Depler, Illinois
- QBFrank Murrey, Princeton
- RBTom Davies, Pittsburgh
- RBWolcott Roberts, Navy
- FBGeorge McLaren, Pittsburgh
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1918 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1918 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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PITTSBURGH Wins FROM GEORGIA Tech BY 81 TO 0 Pittsburgh Works Forward Passes Successfully; Davis Makes so Yards for a touchdown. Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 23.-Hhe Georgia Tech was no match for the University of Pitts burgh todayand went down to defeat by score of 81 to 0. Pitts burgh was especially, successful in forward passing, scoring three touchdowns on this style of play. Before the greatest attendance in, Pittsburgh’s football history, the two teams faced each other at Forbes field this afternoon, the classic being staged for the benefit of the United War Work fund. 1t is estimated that not less than 3d. 900 spectators were packed into the field. Pittsburgh scored the first touch down by a forward pass after Tech had failed to make gains when Davies missed an attempt at field goal from the 17-yard line. This period was featured by a spectacular run of so yards by Tom Davies for touchdown after TAX ing Aliens kickoff at the start. Aided by fine interference of Nc Laren, yesterday and Gougler, he went over far the second touchdown and kicked goal. Pittsburgh scored in two minutes of play when double forward passed yesterday over for a touch down. Davies failed to kick goal and the score was 20 to 0. Shortly afterward double forward pass put the ball on Techs three-yard line and McLaren was pushed over for another touchdown. Goughler miss ed goal, making the score 26 to O.. Tech had the ball on their own 20-yard line when the whistle blew. Davis tried to dropkick from the 50-yard line and barely missed. Techs, line braced up in this period and held yesterday and McLaren for a while and on an intercepted forward pass by Flowers saved Techs goal line at the 5-yard line. Guyon punted out of danger and Pitt again started to work the ball down the field, but another intercopied pass by Tech player again prevented touchdown. but missed goal. Score, $40.
Bowls and playoff
Scoreboard| Jan 1, 1919 | Great Lakes Navy 17, Mare Island Marines 0Rose Bowl |