1918 Camp Dix football team

American college football season August 2023 1918 Camp Dix football Independent 1–2–2 Sol Metzger 1st none The 1918 Camp Dix football team represented the United States Army's Camp Dix located near Trenton, New Jersey, during the 1918 college football season. Sol Metzger was the camp's Y.M.C.A. athletic director and the coach of the football team.Football Best Training for Soldiers Says Athletic Director at Camp Dix Harrisburg Telegraph November 5, 1918 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22419976/football_best_training_for_soldiers/ Newspapers.comSol Metzger Signs $1 Contract to Coach Camp Dix Football Team Altoona Times October 28, 1918 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22419811/sol_metzger_signs_1_contract_to_coach/ Newspapers.com Schedule y y November 3 at Bristol Merchants' Ship Merchants Shipyard field Harriman, PA L 0-9 1,500 Another for Merchants: Bristol Team Downs Camp Dix -- Score 9 to 0 The Philadelphia Inquirer November 4, 1918 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22419211/another_for_merchants_bristol_team/ Newspapers.com Brooklyn Navy Yard T 7-7 Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1919 1919 American Sports Publishing Co. 203 https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19181nati#page/n482/mode/1up November 24 vs Mineola Aviation Field Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY W 12-0 Albright Stars in Dix Victory The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 25, 1918 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22419336/albright_stars_in_dix_victory/ Newspapers.com November 30 Camp Upton City Field Trenton, NJ T 7-7 December 7 vs Camp Greenleaf Washington, DC L 0-34 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 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22418776/dix_treat_em_roughs_are_treated/ Newspapers.com References Camp Dix Camp Dix football