1918 Detroit Junior College football team

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1918 Detroit Junior College football
ConferenceIndependent
1918 record4–0
Head coach
  • (1st season)
CaptainWayne D. Brenkert
Home stadiumGoldberg Field
Seasons
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1919 →
1918 Midwestern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit Junior College   –   4 – 0 – 0
Central Michigan   –   1 – 0 – 0
Marquette   –   2 – 0 – 1
Heidelberg   –   5 – 1 – 0
St. Xavier   –   4 – 1 – 1
Notre Dame   –   3 – 1 – 2
Butler   –   2 – 1 – 1
Western State Normal (MI)   –   3 – 2 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 3 – 0
Akron   –   2 – 2 – 1
St. Mary's (OH)   –   1 – 1 – 0
Toledo   –   1 – 1 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   1 – 2 – 0
Iowa State Teachers   –   1 – 3 – 0
Wabash   –   1 – 3 – 0
Fairmount   –   1 – 4 – 0
Haskell   –   1 – 4 – 0
Lake Forest   –   0 – 1 – 0
Detroit   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1918 Detroit Junior College football team represented Detroit Junior College (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1918 college football season. The team was coached by and compiled a 4–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 99 to 0.[1] The team was made up of members of the school's Student Army Training Corps.

Two of the victories, including the first in program history, were against Assumption College. The first game was played in Canada at Sandwich. Fullback Wayne Brenkert scored three touchdowns in the first game against Assumption.[2] The team also defeated the University of Detroit (on Thanksgiving Day) and Michigan State Normal in the first meetings with each of those two schools. A game with Western State was initially scheduled but cancelled.

The team played its three home games at Goldberg Field, which was located at Ferry Avenue and Hastings Street in Detroit.[3] Wayne considers the 1918 team to be its first intercollegiate football team, though contemporary press accounts also reference a 1917 football team.[4]

Detroit Junior College, the first junior college in the state of Michigan, was established by David D Mackenzie who was the principal of Detroit Central High School. The junior college was located on the campus of the high school, Old Main. Wayne Brenkert played for both Detroit Central High School (winning a High School National Championship in 1915) and Detroit Junior College and is a member of Wayne State University Hall of Fame.

Detroit Junior College football team 1918

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5at Assumption (ON)Sandwich, ONW 41–0[5][2]
November 4Michigan State Normal
W 18–0[6][7]
November 23Assumption (ON)
  • Goldberg Field
  • Detroit, MI
W 35–0[8][9]
November 28Detroit
  • Goldberg Field
  • Detroit, MI
W 6–0[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. pp. 111, 114. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Junior College Beats Sandwich: Brenkart Star in 41-0 Game in Which Detroiters Have Good Chance to Try Out All Their Material". Detroit Free Press. October 6, 1918. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Junior College Last Opponent of University: These Teams Will Struggle Thanksgiving Day for City S.A.T.C. Championship". Detroit Free Press. November 26, 1918. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Junior College Will Engage in Athletics Again". Detroit Free Press. September 10, 1918. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Junior College Aggregation To Open Saturday". Detroit Free Press. October 5, 1918. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Junior College To Play Normals". Detroit Free Press. November 1, 1918. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Junior College Puts Ypsi Team in the Discard". Detroit Free Press. November 3, 1918. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Junior College Hopes To Make Strong Finish". Detroit Free Press. November 22, 1918. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Junior College Is Assumption's Conqueror, 35-0". Detroit Free Press. November 24, 1918. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Brenkert's Run Nets Touchdown; U. of D. Is Loser". Detroit Free Press. November 29, 1918. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Goldberg Field Contest Looms as a Scrappy One". Detroit Free Press. November 28, 1918. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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