1908 Carlisle Indians football team

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.

1908 Carlisle Indians football
Conference	Independent
Record	10–2–1
Head coach	Pop Warner (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Home stadium	Indian Field
Seasons ← 1907 1909 →

1908 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					11	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	1
Cornell			–					7	–	1	–	1
Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	2	–	2
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	3
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					4	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	0
Dickinson			–					5	–	4	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	3	–	3
Wesleyan			–					3	–	4	–	2
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	3	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	2
Rutgers			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					1	–	6	–	2
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Villanova			–					1	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19		Conway Hall	Carlisle, PA	W 53–0
September 23		Lebanon Valley	Carlisle, PA	W 39–0
September 26		Villanova	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 10–0		^[1]
October 3		vs. Penn State	Wilkes-Barre, PA	W 12–5	10,000
October 10		vs. Syracuse	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	W 12–0	8,000
October 24		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 6–6	25,000	^[2]
October 31		at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 16–6
November 7		at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–17	> 25,000	^[3]
November 14		at Pittsburgh	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA	W 6–0	7,000	^[4]
November 21		at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	L 6–11	15,000
November 26	3:00 p.m.	at Saint Louis	Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO	W 17–0		^[5]^[6]
December 2	3:30 p.m.	at Nebraska	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 37–6	2,000
December 5		at Denver	Denver, CO	W 8–4		^[7]
All times are in Eastern time

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See also

• 1908 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "Indians Defeat Villanova, 10 To 1[sic]". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1908. p. 10b. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
2. "Indians Tie Old Penn in Grueling Football Battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1908. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Harvard 17, Carlisle 0: Indians Outplayed From Start to Finish". The Boston Globe. November 8, 1908. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Indians are held to Six Points by Pittsburgh Football Eleven". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. November 15, 1908. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "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  .
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "1908 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".