The upcoming 2020 college football season is set to kick off in the coming weeks (hopefully), and more so than any season before it, this year poses more questions than answers. However, it’s possible that history could help us answer many of these questions we all are dying to have answered. With this in mind, let’s take a look at the last time college football was played during a Pandemic.
Setting the Scene
The year is 1918, and the United States was at war with the Central Powers in World War I. As if things couldn’t be more hectic, a second wave of the Spanish Influenza was sweeping the nation in October as football season was set to kick off.