1918 Miami Redskins football team

1918 Miami Redskins football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	5–0–1 (4–0–1 OAC)
Head coach	George Rider (2nd season)
Home stadium	Miami Field

1918 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wittenberg $	3	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
Miami (OH)	4	–	0	–	1			5	–	0	–	1
Mount Union	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Wooster	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Western Reserve	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Ohio	1	–	0	–	1			4	–	0	–	1
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	2			3	–	0	–	2
Ohio Wesleyan	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	2	–	0
Case	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
Akron	1	–	2	–	1			2	–	2	–	1
Oberlin	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace	0	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Kenyon	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	4	–	0
Ohio Northern	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Denison	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Ohio State *	3	–	0	–	0			3	–	3	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – did not complete for championship

The 1918 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1918 college football season. In its second season under head coach George Rider, Miami compiled a 5–0–1 record (4–0–1 against conference opponents). Miami claims the 1918 conference championship. The team's games against Kentucky, Wooster, and Witteberg were cancelled due to the 1918 flu pandemic.^[1]

The season was part of a 27-game unbeaten streak that began in November 1915 and ended in October 1919.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 28	Ohio Northern	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 47–0
November 2	Kenyon	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 62–0
November 9	at Ohio Wesleyan	Delaware, OH	W 14–7
November 16	Denison	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 20–6
November 23	Butler*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 52–0
November 28	at Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH (Victory Bell)	T 0–0
*Non-conference game

References

1. "2019 Football Media Guide" (PDF). 2019. pp. 54, 61. Retrieved October 25, 2020.