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1918 Camp Upton football team

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1918 Camp Upton football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1–2
Seasons
← 1917
1918 military service football records
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 Upton football team represented the United States Army stationed at Camp Upton in Yaphank on Long Island, New York, during the 1918 college football season. Former Princeton halfback Frank Glick was in charge of athletics at the camp before being transferred in November 1918. He was then replaced in that position by boxing champion Benny Leonard.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
Garden City Air ServiceT 0–0[2]
Garden City Air ServiceW 6–0[2]
Bay Shore Air StationW 7–0[2]
November 2vs. Mineola Aviation StationW 6–0[3]
November 16vs. Princeton
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 7–28[4]
November 23Camp Mills
W 39–0[5]
November 30at Camp Dix
T 7–7

References

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  1. ^ "Champion Leonard To Succeed Frank Glick". The Des Moines Tribune. October 23, 1918. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1919. American Sports Publishing Co. 1919. p. 201.
  3. ^ "Brown Leads Upton To 6 6 To 0 Victory". The New York Times. November 3, 1918. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Princeton Has Easy Time Beating Camp Upton, 28 to 7". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 17, 1918. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Upton Beats Camp Mills: Yaphank Team Bury Rivals Under Heap of Six Touchdowns". The New York Times. November 24, 1918. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.