1908 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1908 Harvard Crimson football 1908 harvard football team.jpg 250 Independent 9–0–1 Percy Haughton 1st Harvard Stadium National champion (Billingsley) The 1908 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In their first season under head coach Percy Haughton, the Crimson finished with a 9–0–1 record, shut out eight of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 132 to 8.1908 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football April 7, 2022 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1908-schedule.html There were no polls at the time to determine a national championship. However, in later analyses, Harvard was recognized as the 1908 national champion by the Billingsley Report. Most of the later analyses (Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, Parke H. Davis) designated Penn as the national champion. The National Championship Foundation chose Penn and LSU as co-national champions.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2018/FBS.pdf 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records National Collegiate Athletic Association August 2018 January 4, 2019 113, 120 Three Harvard players were consensus first-team picks on the 1908 All-America college football team: halfback Hamilton Corbett; center Charles Nourse; and tackle Hamilton Fish III.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Five other Harvard players also received All-American honors: quarterback Johnny Cutler (first-team honors from The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor, second-team from Walter Camp); halfback Ernest Ver Wiebe (first-team honors from The Christian Science Monitor, second-team from Camp); end Gilbert Goodwin Browne (first-team honors from Philadelphia Press); tackle Robert McKay (first-team from The Christian Science Monitor); and guard Samuel Hoar (first-team from New York World, Tad Jones, and Philadelphia Press).Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1909 23, 25, 27 https://archive.org/stream/officialnational05nati#page/n15/mode/2upAnother All-American. Tad Jones of Yale Picks Best Football Team The Philadelphia Inquirer 1908-12-05 Schedule September 30 w 1908 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoin Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 5–0 Much To Be Recommended In Harvard's Play in Its Opening Game The Boston Globe 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99252917/much-to-be-recommended-in-harvards/ Newspapers.com October 3 w Maine Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 16–0 > 10,000 Harvard Downs Maine, 16 to 0: Contest an Exhibition of the Old Game Under New Rules The Boston Globe October 4, 1908 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99252996/harvard-downs-maine-16-to-0-contest/ Newspapers.com October 7 w 1908 Bates Bobcats Bates Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 18–0 Bates a Game Little Team: With a Bit of Luck It Would Have Scored The Boston Globe October 8, 1908 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99253193/bates-a-game-little-team-with-a-bit-of/ Newspapers.com October 10 w 1908 Williams Ephs Williams Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 10–0 12,000–15,000 Burr's Kicking Helps the Harvard Team Win, 10 to 0 The Boston Globe October 11, 1908 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99253294/burrs-kicking-helps-the-harvard-team/ Newspapers.com October 17 3:00 p.m. w Springfield Training School Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 44–0 15,000 Harvard Plays Training School https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99135371/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 17, 1908 4 April 5, 2022 Newspapers.com Harvard Runs Up 44 Points Against Training School https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99135483/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 18, 1908 1 April 5, 2022 Newspapers.com Harvard's Play Is Fast And Sure https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99135577/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 18, 1908 11 April 5, 2022 Newspapers.com October 24 t y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 6–6 8,000 Navy 6; Harvard 6: Eight Thousand Persons See Biggest Football Tussle At Annapolis; The Crimson Outplayed the Baltimore Sun October 25, 1908 11 October 31 w Brown Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 6–2 17,000 Harvard Is a Winner, 6-2: Brown Forces the Crimson To Make a Safety The Boston Globe November 1, 1908 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99254298/harvard-is-a-winner-6-2-brown-forces/ Newspapers.com November 7 w Carlisle Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 17–0 > 25,000 Harvard 17, Carlisle 0: Indians Outplayed From Start to Finish The Boston Globe November 8, 1908 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99254387/harvard-17-carlisle-0-indians/ Newspapers.com November 14 w Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 6–0 35,000 Victory for the Crimson: Dartmouth Beaten 6 to 0 Before Crowd of 35,000 The Boston Globe November 15, 1908 1, 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99254655/victory-for-the-crimson-dartmouth/ Newspapers.com November 21 w y Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 4–0 Crimson Triumphs: Yale Outplayed and Beaten, 4 to 0; Kennard Gets Field Goal Late in First Half The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. November 22, 1908 1, 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99254897/crimson-triumphs-yale-outplayed-and/ Newspapers.com Harvard 4 - Yale 0, November 21, 1908 LCCN2007663749.tif 700px football game Harvard shut out Yale, 4-0. References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:1900s in Boston