 The 1918 season, which was the school's first season with the name North Carolina State University, was cut short due to the United States' entrance into World War I and a severe flu outbreak on campus.The team's roster was depleted, its schedule reduced to four games, and practice was suspended for five weeks in October and November.A week after practice resumed, State College, as the school was then called, led by coach Tal Stafford, was defeated 128-0 by Georgia Tech in Atlanta.