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1918 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
Home stadiumSwarthmore Field
Seasons← 19171919 →
1918 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   6 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   3 – 0 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 0 – 0
Army   –   1 – 0 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 2 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 1 – 0
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   4 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   3 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth   –   3 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   2 – 2 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   1 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   0 – 1 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1918 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent in the 1918 college football season. In their second season under head coach Leroy Mercer, the Quakers compiled a 4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 116 to 38.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 26UrsinusW 51–7
November 3at PennW 20–12
November 9League Island Navy Yard
  • Swarthmore Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
L 2–6
November 16at Delaware
  • Swarthmore Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 29-0
November 24Penn
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–13
November 28at Pennsylvania MilitaryChester, PAW 7–0

References

  1. "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/halcyon1920
  3. "Ursinus Loses To Swarthmore". the Pittsburgh Press. October 27, 1918 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Swarthmore Defeats Penn". Chester Times. November 4, 1918. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Navy Yard To Play Swarthmore Eleven". Evening Public Ledger. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1918. p. 18. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "Navy Bumps Swarthmore". Delaware County Daily Times. Chester, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1918. p. 8. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "Swarthmore Wins From Delaware". The Evening Journal. November 18, 1918. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Penn Triumphant Over Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1918. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Carter's Run Wins For Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 29, 1918. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
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