1908 Rhode Island State football team

The 1908 Rhode Island State football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In its tenth and final year under head coach Marshall Tyler, the team compiled a 4–2 record.[1]

1908 Rhode Island State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
Seasons
 1907
1909 
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  1101
Harvard  901
Cornell  711
Fordham  510
Yale  711
Dartmouth  611
Carlisle  1021
Washington & Jefferson  1021
Army  612
Pittsburgh  830
Lafayette  622
Princeton  523
Syracuse  631
Brown  531
Temple  321
Colgate  430
Lehigh  430
Dickinson  540
Amherst  332
Holy Cross  440
Penn State  550
Vermont  333
Wesleyan  342
Springfield Training School  341
NYU  232
Franklin & Marshall  461
Bucknell  352
Rutgers  351
Boston College  242
Carnegie Tech  370
Geneva  162
Tufts  161
Villanova  160
New Hampshire  170
Drexel  070

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at MassachusettsL 0–2
October 10Worcester TechKingston, RIL 0–4
October 17St. Andrew's SchoolKingston, RIW 21–0
October 24Bryant & StrattonKingston, RIW 6–0
November 14New HampshireKingston, RIW 12–0[2]
November 21at Connecticut
W 12–0[3]

References

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  1. "Rhode Island Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2020. p. 11.
  2. "The Rhode Island Game". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 16, no. 3. December 1908. p. 69. Retrieved November 25, 2024 via Internet Archive.
  3. "Game at Storrs". The Hartford Courant. November 23, 1908. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.