The 1918 Maryland State Aggies football team was an
American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...
team that represented
Maryland State College (which in 1920 became part of the University of Maryland) in the
1918 college football season
The 1918 college football season was a season of college football in the United States. There was no consensus champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Michigan and Pittsburgh as national champions.
World W ...
. In their eighth season under head coach
Curley Byrd
Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd (February 12, 1889 – October 2, 1970) was an American university administrator, educator, athlete, coach, and politician. Byrd began a long association with the University of Maryland as an undergraduate in 1905, and ...
, the Aggies compiled a 4–1–1 record, and outscored all opponents by a total of 57 to 35.
Due to the United States' participation in
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
, the 1918 team was not selected from the general student body. Instead, the team was a
Students' Army Training Corps squad.
Schedule
References
Maryland State
Maryland Terrapins football seasons
Maryland State Aggies football
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