1908 Northwestern Purple football team

1908 Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record2–2 (0–2 Western)
Head coach
CaptainDave August
Home stadiumNorthwestern Field
1908 Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chicago $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 0 – 1
Illinois 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
Indiana 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Purdue 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Iowa 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Minnesota 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 2 – 1
0 – 2 – 0 2 – 2 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1908 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1908 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach Alton Johnson, and following a two-year hiatus in which Northwestern did not field a football team, the Purple compiled a 2–2 record (0–2 against Western Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Western Conference.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 10Northwestern alumni*W 10–6
October 24Beloit*
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 44–4
November 7Purdue
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 10–16
November 21at IllinoisL 8–14
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1908 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.