1908 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1908 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1908 college football season.[1] The team was coached by first-year head coach Howard Jones.

1908 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
CaptainBill Horr
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
1908 Eastern college football independents records
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 edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23HobartW 51–0
September 26Hamilton
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 18–0
October 3at YaleL 0–5
October 10vs. CarlisleL 0–128,000
October 17Rochester
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 23–12
October 25at PrincetonT 0–0
October 31Williams
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 23–0
November 7Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 0–6[2]
November 14Tufts
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 28–0
November 21Michigan
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 28–4

References edit

  1. ^ "1908 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Syracuse Trips U: Colgate Wins by Following the Ball Better Than the Orange". The Sun (New York City). November 8, 1909. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.