1918 Kansas Jayhawks football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1918
| team = Kansas Jayhawks
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| short_conf = MVC
| record = 2–2
| conf_record = 0–0
| head_coach = Jay Bond
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Lewis Foster
| stadium = McCook Field
}}
{{1918 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}
The 1918 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1918 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Jay Bond, the Jayhawks compiled a record of 2–2 record and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 66 to 33.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/kansas/1918-schedule.html|title=1918 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=September 21, 2017}}2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 181. Due to events related to World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, the Missouri Valley Conference did not schedule any official conference games, recorded no standings, and awarded no title for 1918. The 1918 Kansas team played its home games at McCook Field in Lawrence, Kansas. Lewis Foster was the team captain.
Schedule
Season was shortened due to the Spanish flu pandemic.
{{CFB schedule
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|November 9||Oklahoma|McCook Field|Lawrence, KS|L 0-33|{{cite news|title=Sooners Victorious in Game with Jayhawkers|newspaper=The Topeka Daily Capital|date=November 10, 1918|page=8B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115424956/sooners-victorious-in-game-with/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 16|at|Nebraska|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|L 0-20|{{cite news|title=Kansas Jayhawks Easy for Huskers|newspaper=The Lincoln Star|date=November 17, 1918|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46596393/1918-nebraska-kansas-football-lincoln/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 23||{{cfb link|year=1918|team=Baker Wildcats|title=Baker}}|McCook Field|Lawrence, KS|W 20-6|{{cite news|title=Jayhawkers Defeat Baker Methodists in Desperately Fought Gridiron Contest|newspaper=The Topeka Daily Capital|date=November 24, 1918|page=6B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115424427/jayhawkers-defeat-baker-methodists-in/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 28||Kansas State|McCook Field|Lawrence, KS (rivalry)|W 13-7|{{cite news|title=Aggies Repeat Former History Though Out-Punted and Out-Passed, Kansas Wins Thanksgiving Victory; The Score Was 13 to 7|newspaper=The Lawrence Daily Journal-World|date=November 29, 1918|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115424732/aggies-repeat-former-history-though/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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