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1908 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
CaptainRobert Whelan
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons← 19071909 →
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   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
Dickinson     5 4 0
Amherst     3 3 2
Holy Cross     4 4 0
Penn State     5 5 0
Vermont     3 3 3
Wesleyan     3 4 2
Springfield Training School     3 4 1
NYU     2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 1
Bucknell     3 5 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Boston College     2 4 2
Carnegie Tech     3 7 0
Geneva     1 6 2
Tufts     1 6 1
Villanova     1 6 0
New Hampshire     1 7 0
Drexel     0 7 0

The 1908 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Edwin Sweetland, the team compiled a 4–3 record. Robert Whelan was the team captain. The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at BrownL 0–6
October 10HobartW 26–0
October 17at CornellL 0–9
October 24at ArmyL 0–6
October 31Union (NY)
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 24–4
November 7at SyracuseW 6–0
November 14at HamiltonClinton, NYW 22–0

References

  1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. "1908 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. "Brown 6, Colgate 0: Sixty – yards End Run by Capt Mayhew in First Minute of Play Results in Only Score". The Boston Sunday Globe. October 4, 1908. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Victory for Cornell: Hard Game at Ithaca". The New York Times. October 18, 1908. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Colgate Plays Strongly: Army Able to Score Just Once Against the Colgate Eleven". The Sun (New York City). October 25, 1908. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Syracuse Trips U: Colgate Wins by Following the Ball Better Than the Orange". The Sun (New York City). November 8, 1909. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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