1918 Akron football team

1918 Akron football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record2–2–1 (1–2–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainTommy Tomkinson
Home stadiumBuchtel Field
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 Union 5 1 06 1 0
Wooster 5 1 06 1 0
Western Reserve 5 1 05 2 0
Ohio 1 0 14 0 1
Cincinnati 0 0 23 0 2
Ohio Wesleyan 2 2 03 2 0
Case 2 3 23 5 2
Akron 1 2 12 2 1
Oberlin 1 4 01 4 0
Baldwin–Wallace 0 4 15 4 1
Kenyon 0 4 01 4 0
Ohio Northern 0 5 01 5 0
Denison 0 5 01 6 0
Ohio State * 3 0 03 3 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship

The 1918 Akron football team represented the University of Akron, formerly Buchtel College, in the 1918 college football season. The team was led by head coach Fred Sefton, in his fourth season. Akron outscored their opponents by a total of 69–47.

The season was shortened to just five games due to the outbreak of the worldwide influenza epidemic.