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1918 Minnesota

5–⁠2–⁠1 (2–⁠1 Western Conference), coached by Henry Williams.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1918, game by game: tied vs. Minnesota Alumni 0–0; won vs. Overland Station 30–0; won at St. Thomas 25–7; won vs. Carleton-St. Olaf 59–6; lost at Iowa 0–6; won vs. Wisconsin 6–0; lost vs. Chicago Naval Reserve 6–20; won at Chicago 7–0+53−14Tied 0–0 vs. Minnesota Alumni0Minnesota AlumniWon 30–0 vs. Overland Station+30Overland StationWon 25–7 at St. Thomas+18St. ThomasWon 59–6 vs. Carleton-St. Olaf+53Carleton-St. Ol…Lost 0–6 at Iowa-6IowaWon 6–0 vs. Wisconsin+6WisconsinLost 6–20 vs. Chicago Naval Reserve-14Chicago Naval R…Won 7–0 at Chicago+7Chicago
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 5vsMinnesota AlumniT 0–⁠094%
Oct 12vsOverland StationW 30–⁠094%
Oct 19atSt. ThomasW 25–⁠789%
Oct 26vsCarleton-St. OlafW 59–⁠694%
Nov 9atIowaL 0–⁠671%
Nov 16vsWisconsinW 6–⁠074%
Nov 23vsChicago Naval ReserveL 6–⁠2086%
Nov 30atChicagoW 7–⁠063%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Chicago 7–⁠0; tied for 4th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 59th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Photographs from 1918

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record
5–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠1 tied for 4th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
133–⁠39
Coach
Henry Williams
Elo
1565 −55 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Norman Kingsley

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • WallaceOG
  • Norman KingsleyFBHP; WE-1

Second team

  • F.W. JordanOGWE-2
  • Gus EckbergRBWE-2

From Wikipedia’s 1918 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1918 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Illinois4–⁠05–⁠2
Michigan2–⁠05–⁠0
Purdue1–⁠03–⁠3
Iowa2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Minnesota2–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
Northwestern1–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1
Wisconsin1–⁠23–⁠3
Indiana0–⁠02–⁠2
Ohio State0–⁠33–⁠3
Chicago0–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.