1908 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
1908 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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Conference | Western Conference |
1908 record | 3–2–1 (0–2 Western) |
Head coach | Henry L. Williams (9th season) |
Captain | Ney Dunn (died before the season), Orren Safford |
Home stadium | Northrop Field |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1908 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1908 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–2–1 record (0–2 against Western Conference opponents) and were outscored by all their opponents by a combined total of 50 to 32.[1]
The 1908 season was the first season in which the Minnesota football team was outscored by its season opponents.[2]
Center Orren Safford was named All-Big Ten first team.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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October 3 | Lawrence* | Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN | W 6–0 | 5,000 | |||||
October 10 | Iowa State* | Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN | W 15–10 | 5,000 | |||||
October 17 | Nebraska* | Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN (Rivalry) | T 0–0 | 12,000 | |||||
October 31 | at Chicago | Marshall Field • Chicago, IL | L 0–29 | 15,000 | |||||
November 7 | Wisconsin | Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN (Rivalry) | L 0–5 | 15,000 | |||||
November 21 | Carlisle* | Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN | W 11–6 | 15,000 | |||||
*Non-conference game. |
References
- ↑ "1908 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ↑ General Alumni. History. p. 110.
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007). "2007 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 180.
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