1918 Chicago Naval Reserve football team

American college football season August 2023 1918 Chicago Naval Reserve football Independent 7–0 Weeghman Park, Comiskey Park none none The 1918 Chicago Naval Reserve football team represented the Chicago Naval Reserve School during the 1918 college football season. The Naval Reserve School was established on Chicago's Municipal Pier in June 1918.United States Naval Reserve The University Record University of Chicago 1919 108 https://books.google.com/books?id=5wgTAAAAYAAJ&q=navy+reserve+school+chicago+pier&pg=PA108 Jerry Johnson was the team's star. A game scheduled for October 19 against Notre Dame was cancelled due to influenza. Schedule y y October 12 at Chicago Stagg Field Chicago, IL W 14-7 Pier Bluejackets Crush Maroons in Opening Game, 14–7: Stagg's Eleven Unable to Stop Navy's Attack Chicago Tribune October 13, 1918 2–5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8935969/pier_bluejackets_crush_maroons_in/ Newspapers.com October 26 at Illinois Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 7-0 One Pass Gives Pier Win Over Illinois, 7 to 0: Zuppke's Men Lack Punch Three Times When on Verge of Score Chicago Tribune October 27, 1918 2–5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8937944/one_pass_gives_pier_win_over_illinois/ Newspapers.com November 2 at Northwestern Northwestern Field Evanston, IL W 25-0 Sailors of Pier Flatten Purple Eleven, 25 to 0 Chicago Tribune 2–5 November 3, 1918 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8941852/sailors_of_pier_flatten_purple_eleven/ Newspapers.com November 9 at Cleveland Naval Reserve League Park Cleveland, OH W 6-0 Pier Wins, 6-0, at Cleveland Chicago Tribune November 10, 1918 Part 2, page 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22208907/pier_wins_60_at_cleveland/ Newspapers.comBitter Gridiron Struggle: Chicago Naval Reserves Beat Cleveland Sailors in Hard Game, 6-0 The Sunday Star (Washington, D.C.) November 10, 1918 23 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22209039/bitter_gridiron_struggle_chicago_naval/ Newspapers.com November 16 Camp Dodge Weeghman Park Chicago, IL W 20-0 Pier Marches On Toward Title by 20 to 0 Triumph Chicago Tribune Walter Eckersall November 17, 1918 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94253892/pier-marches/ Newspapers.com November 23 at Minnesota Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN W 20-6 5,000 November 28 Camp Grant Comiskey Park Chicago, IL W 19-0 Pier Triumphs Over Grant, 19 to 0 Chicago Tribune Walter Eckersall November 29, 1918 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22264253/pier_triumphs_over_grant_19_to_0/ Newspapers.com Knox References Chicago Naval Reserve Category:College football undefeated seasons Chicago Naval Reserve football