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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
← 1907
1909 →
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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3HillsdaleW 39–0[2]
October 10Franklin (IN)
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 64–0[3]
October 17at MichiganL 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. IndianaW 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

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  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.