1918 North Carolina (SATC) football team

The 1918 North Carolina SATC football team informally represented the University of North Carolina in the 1918 college football season. The University of North Carolina (UNC) does not officially recognize these games in their record books because they were organized under the auspices of the Student Army Training Corps rather than the school itself.[1] Because of this, no varsity letters were given for the season.[2]

1918 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–2 (0–0 SAIAA)
Head coach
  • Marvin Ritch (1st season)
CaptainAllan Gant
Home stadiumEmerson Field
1918 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
VPI $ 3 –0 –07 –0 –0
Davidson 2 –0 –02 –1 –1
Richmond 1 –0 –03 –1 –1
Maryland State 2 –0 –14 –1 –1
Johns Hopkins 0 –0 –10 –0 –1
NC State 0 –1 –01 –3 –0
St. John's (MD) 0 –1 –00 –1 –0
William & Mary 0 –1 –00 –2 –0
VMI 0 –2 –01 –3 –0
Washington and Lee 0 –2 –01 –2 –0
Georgetown 0 –0 –03 –2 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The team was coached by Marvin Ritch, a former UNC basketball and football star in 1912, and captained by Allan Gant. Like many other teams in the South, the Tar Heels' season was stymied by a series of setbacks, including the Spanish flu outbreak, and war restrictions, and did not organize until October 15; the team contained "no letter men [sic] back and only a few men of last year's freshmen team".[3] Nonetheless, the team was able to complete a five game season, with a school paper noting that the team had "shown the old pep and spirit straight through," adding that "the team deserves the commendation of every loyal Carolina man." In light of their struggles, The Tar Heel, the University's paper, published an editorial which read "We are of the opinion that this team with the setback on account of influenza and other unavoidable reverses, has done miraculously well, and deserves to be set down with the football heroes of Carolina."[4]

Though the season is not currently recognized by the UNC Athletics Department, evidence suggests that in the past it was given its place in team history. Smith Barrier's On Carolina's Gridiron (1937) included the season in his comprehensive study of Tar Heel football from its inception through 1936 with the note that a "Student Army Training Corps team represented [the] University" for the season, and further noted that 1917 was "The only year [North] Carolina did not have a varsity team."[5]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2Wake Forest (SATC)
W 13–7[6][7]
November 9Camp Greene
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 52–13[8][9]
November 163:00 pmvs. Davidson (SATC)
L 7–14[10][11][12]
November 233:00 pmVPI (SATC)
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–18[13][14][15]
November 28Camp Polk Officers
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 7–29[16][17]

[18]

References
  1. "1918 Football Schedule". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  2. "No Letters Given to Football Team". The Tar Heel. 6 December 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. "Won Three and Lost Two Games". The Charlotte News. 3 December 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. "The Team Again". The Tar Heel. 29 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. Barrier, Smith (1937). On Carolina's Gridiron, 1888-1936: A History of Football at the University of North Carolina. Durham, NC: Seeman Printery, Inc.
  6. "Carolina Defeats Wake Forest In Hard Contest". The Tar Heel. 6 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  7. "State University Beats Wake Forest Football Team 13-7". Winston-Salem Journal. 3 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  8. "Carolina Football Eleven Defeats Camp Greene Team". Greensboro Daily News. 10 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  9. "Carolina Overwhelms Camp Green Remounts". The Tar Heel. 13 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  10. "Football Game at Three P.M. Today". Winston-Salem Journal. 16 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  11. "Auld Lang Syne Fails To Repeat Saturday". The Tar Heel. 22 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  12. "Davidson Wins Championship For The State In Fast Football Game Over University Of N.C." Winston-Salem Journal. 17 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  13. "One-Hand Player At Chapel Hill". News and Observer. 23 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  14. "Virginians Defeat Carolina 18 to 7". The Wilmington Morning Star. 24 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  15. "Team Fought Gamely Against Tech's Lineup". The Tar Heel. 29 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  16. "Tank Camp Eleven Is Beaten By University". Greensboro Daily News. 29 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  17. "Carolina Defeats The "Tankers" Thursday". The Tar Heel. 29 November 1918. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  18. Barrier, Smith (1937). On Carolina's Gridiron, 1888-1936: A History of Football at the University of North Carolina. Durham, NC: Seeman Printery, Inc. p. 73.


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