American college football season
The 1908 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1908 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Pop Warner, the Indians compiled a record of 10–2–1 and outscored opponents 222 to 55. Warner's team ran the single-wing on offense.
This team featured legendary back Jim Thorpe.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | | Conway Hall | Carlisle, PA | W 53–0 | | |
September 23 | | Lebanon Valley | Carlisle, PA | W 39–0 | | |
September 26 | | Villanova | | W 10–0 | | [1] |
October 3 | | vs. Penn State | Wilkes-Barre, PA | W 12–5 | 10,000 | |
October 10 | | vs. Syracuse | | W 12–0 | 8,000 | |
October 24 | | at Penn | | T 6–6 | 25,000 | [2] |
October 31 | | at Navy | | W 16–6 | | |
November 7 | | at Harvard | | L 0–17 | > 25,000 | [3] |
November 14 | | at Pittsburgh | | W 6–0 | 7,000 | [4] |
November 21 | | at Minnesota | | L 6–11 | 15,000 | |
November 26 | 3:00 p.m. | at Saint Louis | | W 17–0 | | [5][6] |
December 2 | 3:30 p.m. | at Nebraska | | W 37–6 | 2,000 | |
December 5 | | at Denver | Denver, CO | W 8–4 | | [7] |
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See also
References
- ^ "Indians Defeat Villanova, 10 To 1[sic]". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1908. p. 10b. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Indians Tie Old Penn in Grueling Football Battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1908. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard 17, Carlisle 0: Indians Outplayed From Start to Finish". The Boston Globe. November 8, 1908. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Indians are held to Six Points by Pittsburgh Football Eleven". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. November 15, 1908. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "St. Louis University Tackles Indians At Sportsman's Park This Afternoon". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 26, 1908. p. 13. Retrieved January 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Carlisle Team's Unity in Game Gave It Victory Over St. Louis Though the Latter Was Game". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 27, 1908. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Carlisle Has Hard Time Defeating Denver University at Foot Ball: Indians Get Another Scalp". The Omaha Sunday Bee. December 6, 1908. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1908 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".