1908 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1908 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainHarry Miller
Home stadiumCartier Field
Seasons
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1908 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kirksville Normal   –   8 – 0 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   7 – 0 – 0
Iowa State Normal   –   5 – 0 – 0
St. Mary's (OH)   –   7 – 0 – 1
DePaul   –   6 – 0 – 1
Butler   –   5 – 0 – 1
Ohio Northern   –   9 – 1 – 0
Fairmount   –   8 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   8 – 1 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   6 – 0 – 2
Lake Forest   –   4 – 1 – 1
Saint Louis   –   6 – 2 – 2
Kansas State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Michigan   –   5 – 2 – 1
Marquette   –   4 – 2 – 1
St. Viator   –   5 – 3 – 0
Central Michigan   –   4 – 3 – 0
Mount Union   –   5 – 4 – 1
Doane   –   4 – 4 – 0
South Dakota State   –   3 – 3 – 1
Western State Normal (MI)   –   3 – 3 – 0
Buchtel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Western Illinois   –   2 – 3 – 1
Carthage   –   2 – 3 – 0
Haskell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wittenberg   –   3 – 5 – 1
Ohio   –   3 – 5 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   2 – 3 – 0
Cincinnati   –   1 – 4 – 1
Wabash   –   2 – 6 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   1 – 5 – 1
Michigan State Normal   –   1 – 4 – 0
Heidelberg   –   1 – 6 – 0
Franklin   –   0 – 9 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 2 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1908 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1908 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1 record, outscored their opponents by a total of 326 to 20, not allowing any opponents to cross their goal line during the season (all points against them were from field goals).[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Hillsdale
W 39–0[2]
October 10Franklin (IN)
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 64–0[3]
October 17at Michigan
L 6–12[4]
October 24Chicago Physicians and Surgeons
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 88–0[5]
October 29Ohio Northern
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 58–4[6]
November 7vs. Indiana
W 11–0[7]
November 13at WabashCrawfordsville, INW 8–4[8]
November 18St. Viator
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 46–0[9]
November 26at MarquetteMilwaukee, WIW 6–07,500[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Season" (PDF). The Notre Dame Scholastic. Vol. XLII, no. 12. December 5, 1908. p. 209.
  2. ^ "Notre Dame, 39; Hillsdale, 0". Chicago Tribune. October 4, 1908. p. 17. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "Notre Dame Swamps Franklin". Chicago Tribune. October 11, 1908. p. 20. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "Bad Scare For Michigan". The Inter Ocean. October 18, 1908. p. 21. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Notre Dame Romps Over P. & S. Team for 88 to 0 Score". The Inter Ocean. October 25, 1908. p. 23. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "Notre Dame Easily Wins Battle From Ohio Northern Team". The Inter Ocean. October 30, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "Notre Dame Trims Indiana in Good Game; Score 11-0". The Inter Ocean. November 8, 1908. p. 23. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  8. ^ "Notre Dame Beats Wabash, 8 to 4, in Hard Fought Game". The Inter Ocean. November 14, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  9. ^ "Notre Dame Beats St. Viateur's in an Easy Game, 46 to 0". The Inter Ocean. November 19, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  10. ^ "Notre Dame Beats Marquette, 6 to 0, in Hard Struggle". The Inter Ocean. November 27, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved June 17, 2020.


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