1908 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1908 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Western Conference
1908 record 4–3 (1–3 Western)
Head coach Frederick A. Speik (1st season)
Captain Asher E. Holloway
1908 Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1908 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1908 college football season. In their first season under head coach Frederick A. Speik, the Boilermakers compiled a 4–3 record, finished in a tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with a 1–3 record against conference opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 124 to 78. Asher E. Holloway was a team captain.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3at Chicago
L 0–39
October 10Earlham
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 40–0
October 17Monmouth
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 30–0
October 31DePauw*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 28–4
November 7at Northwestern
W 16–10
November 14Illinois
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
L 6–15
November 21Indiana
L 4–10
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1908 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2016 Boilermaker Football Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue University. 2016. p. 88.
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