1918 Camp Dix football team

The 1918 Camp Dix football team represented the United States Army's Camp Dix located near Trenton, New Jersey, during the 1918 college football season. Sol Metzger was the camp's Y.M.C.A. athletic director and the coach of the football team.^[1][2]

1918 Camp Dix football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–2–2
Head coach	Sol Metzger (1st season)
Seasons ← 1917

1918 military service football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Camp Greenleaf			–					9	–	0	–	0
Chicago Naval Reserve			–					7	–	0	–	0
Mare Island Marines			–					10	–	1	–	0
Great Lakes Navy			–					7	–	0	–	2
League Island Marines			–					7	–	1	–	0
Cleveland Naval Reserve			–					5	–	1	–	0
Camp Hancock			–					4	–	1	–	2
Camp Upton			–					4	–	1	–	2
Camp Taylor			–					3	–	1	–	1
Camp Lewis			–					7	–	2	–	0
Camp Devens			–					4	–	2	–	0
Mather Field			–					2	–	1	–	0
Camp Dodge			–					2	–	1	–	1
Camp Grant			–					3	–	3	–	0
Camp Dix			–					1	–	2	–	2
Camp Gordon			–					2	–	4	–	0
Camp Perry			–					2	–	4	–	0
Georgia Eleventh Cavalry			–					0	–	1	–	0
Mineola Aviation Station			–					0	–	3	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
November 3	at Bristol Merchants' Ship	Merchants Shipyard field Harriman, PA	L 0–9	1,500	[3]
	Brooklyn Navy Yard		T 7–7		[4]
November 24	vs. Mineola Aviation Field	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 12–0		[5]
November 30	Camp Upton	City Field Trenton, NJ	T 7–7
December 7	vs. Camp Greenleaf	Washington, DC	L 0–34		[6]

References

1. "Football Best Training for Soldiers Says Athletic Director at Camp Dix". Harrisburg Telegraph. November 5, 1918. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Sol Metzger Signs $1 Contract to Coach Camp Dix Football Team". Altoona Times. October 28, 1918. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Another for Merchants: Bristol Team Downs Camp Dix -- Score 9 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1918. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1919. American Sports Publishing Co. 1919. p. 203.
5. "Albright Stars in Dix Victory". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 25, 1918. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Dix 'Treat 'Em Roughs' Are Treated Mighty Roughly: Camp Greenleaf Eleven Easily Wins Eastern Cantonment Gridiron Title from Jersey Team by 34-to-0 Score". The Washington Herald. December 8, 1918. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.