1918 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–5 (0–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainIke Rogers
Home stadiumDrake Field
Rickwood Field
1918 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia Tech $ 3 0 06 1 0
Vanderbilt 2 0 04 2 0
Mississippi A&M 2 0 03 2 0
Clemson 3 1 05 2 0
South Carolina 2 1 12 1 1
Furman 1 3 03 5 1
Sewanee 0 1 03 2 0
The Citadel 0 1 10 2 1
Auburn 0 2 02 5 0
Ole Miss 0 2 01 3 0
Wofford 0 2 00 3 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1918 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1918 college football season. It was the Tigers' 27th season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his 14th year, and played their home games at Drake Field in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of two wins and five losses (2–5 overall, 0–2 in the SIAA).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 19Oglethorpe*W 58–0[1]
October 26Camp Greenleaf*
  • Drake Field
  • Auburn, AL
L 0–26[2]
November 3at Marion Military Institute*Marion, ALW 20–7
November 9vs. Camp Gordon*L 6–145,000[3]
November 16VanderbiltL 0–21
November 28at Georgia TechL 0–41[4]
December 7Camp Sheridan*Montgomery, ALL 0–7
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Auburn Tigers make big score". The Birmingham News. October 20, 1918. Retrieved February 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Camp Greenleaf team defeats Auburn, 26 to 0". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 27, 1918. Retrieved May 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Camp Gordon Defeats Alabama Polytechnic". The Tampa Tribune. November 10, 1918. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Georgia Tech Using Forward Pass Often, Swamps Auburn, 41-0". The Tennessean. November 29, 1918. p. 10. Retrieved January 13, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 185. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  6. "1918 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2012.


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