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 coach
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
Bucknell   –    3 –5 –2
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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