1908 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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]

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
TeamW L TW L T
Kirksville Normal  800
Miami (OH)  700
Iowa State Normal  500
Lincoln (MO)  200
DePaul  701
St. Mary's (OH)  701
Butler  501
Ohio Northern  910
Fairmount  810
Notre Dame  810
Michigan Agricultural  602
Lake Forest  411
Saint Louis  622
Kansas State  620
Michigan  521
Marquette  421
St. Viator  530
Central Michigan  430
Mount Union  541
Doane  440
South Dakota State  331
Buchtel  340
Western State Normal  340
Western Illinois  231
Carthage  230
Haskell  351
Wittenberg  351
Ohio  350
North Dakota Agricultural  230
Cincinnati  141
Wabash  260
Northern Illinois State  151
Michigan State Normal  140
Heidelberg  160
Franklin  091
Baldwin–Wallace  020
Chicago P&S  040

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.