AEFFL Playoffs 1918-19
| Date | Winning Team | Runners-Up | ||
| First Army Division Playoff | Tonnerre (Fra) | |||
| 25.12.1918 | Panther (36th) Division | 38 | Lightning (78th) Division | 0 |
| SOS Football Championship | Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (Fra) | |||
| 25.12.1918 | Saint-Nazaire | 17 | Bordeaux | 0 |
| First Army Division Championship | Tonnerre (Fra) | |||
| 31.12.1918 | Panther (36th) Division | 20 | Blue Ridge (80th) Division | 0 |
| AEF Championship | Colombes Stadium (Fra) | |||
| 19.01.1919 | Saint-Nazaire | 12 | Panther (36th) Division | 0 |
Reference: [1]
Report
The American Expeditionary Force, before heading home from World War I, played a series of morale-boosting games at the end of 1918 and first half of 1919.
In the Unofficial 1918 Championship, matches were played on Christmas Day & New Year’s Day deciding the Service of Supplies (SOS) and First Army Divisions Championships, with a Final following this on the 19th January 1919, which was won 12-0 by SOS Saint-Nazaire.
References
Bibliography
[11] Foglio, Massimo & Ford, Mark L. (2017) Touchdown in Europe – How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 21-34. Published by the author.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Sondra Maher, Rick Kelley & Tim Leadingham.
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