1908 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1908 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1908 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report.[1] They outscored their opponents 132 to 8.[2]

1908 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (Billingsley)
ConferenceIndependent
1908 record9–0–1
Head coachPercy Haughton (1st season)
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
(Capacity: 42,000)
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn      11 0 1
Harvard      9 0 1
Cornell      7 1 1
Fordham      5 1 0
Yale      7 1 1
Dartmouth      6 1 1
Carlisle      10 2 1
Washington & Jefferson      10 2 1
Army      6 1 2
Pittsburgh      8 3 0
Lafayette      6 2 2
Princeton      5 2 3
Syracuse      6 3 1
Brown      5 3 1
Temple      3 2 1
Colgate      4 3 0
Lehigh      4 3 0
Amherst      3 3 2
Penn State      5 5 0
Wesleyan      3 4 2
NYU      2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall      4 6 1
Rutgers      3 5 1
Villanova      3 6 0
Carnegie Tech      3 7 0
Tufts      1 6 1
Geneva      0 6 2

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30BowdoinW 5–0
October 3Maine
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 16–0
October 7Bates
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 18–0
October 10Williams
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 10–0
October 17Springfield YMCA
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 44–0
October 24at NavyT 6–6
October 31Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 6–2
November 7Carlisle
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 17–0
November 14Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 6–0
November 21at YaleW 4–0

References

  1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. "1908 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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