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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]

ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record5–0–1 (4–0–1 OAC)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMiami Field
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1918 Miami Redskins football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record5–0–1 (4–0–1 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiami Field
Seasons
← 1917
1919 â†’
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1918 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Wittenberg $3–0–04–0–0
Miami (OH)4–0–15–0–1
Mount Union5–1–06–1–0
Wooster5–1–06–1–0
Western Reserve5–1–05–2–0
Ohio1–0–14–0–1
Cincinnati0–0–23–0–2
Ohio Wesleyan2–2–03–2–0
Case2–3–23–5–2
Akron1–2–12–2–1
Oberlin1–4–01–4–0
Baldwin–Wallace0–4–15–4–1
Kenyon0–4–01–4–0
Ohio Northern0–5–01–5–0
Denison0–5–01–6–0
Ohio State *3–0–03–3–0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship
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The season was part of a 27-game unbeaten streak that began in November 1915 and ended in October 1919.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
September 28Ohio Northern
W 47–0
November 2Kenyon
  • Miami Field
  • Oxford, OH
W 62–0
November 9at Ohio WesleyanDelaware, OHW 14–7
November 16Denison
  • Miami Field
  • Oxford, OH
W 20–6
November 23Butler*
  • Miami Field
  • Oxford, OH
W 52–0
November 28at CincinnatiCincinnati, OH (Victory Bell)T 0–0
  • *Non-conference game
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