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1908 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–2–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainWauseka
Home stadiumIndian Field
Seasons
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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

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.

This team featured legendary back Jim Thorpe.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Conway HallCarlisle, PAW 53–0[1]
September 23Lebanon ValleyCarlisle, PAW 39–0[2]
September 26Villanova
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 10–0[3][4]
October 3vs. Penn StateWilkes-Barre, PAW 12–5>=6000[5][6]
October 10vs. Syracuse
W 12–08,000[7][8]
October 24at Penn
T 6–625,000[9][10]
October 31at Navy
W 16–6[11]
November 7at Harvard
L 0–17> 25,000[12][13]
November 14at Pittsburgh
W 6–07,000[14][15]
November 21at Minnesota
L 6–1115,000[16]
November 263:00 p.m.at Saint Louis
W 17–0[17][18][19]
December 23:30 p.m.at Nebraska
W 37–62,000[20]
December 5at DenverDenver, COW 8–4[21][22]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  2. ^ "lebanon valley college football (1897)" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Indians Defeat Villanova, 10 To 1[sic]". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1908. p. 10b. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Local gridiron history remembered: When Jim Thorpe came to town".
  6. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  7. ^ "1908-09 Football Schedule - Syracuse University Athletics".
  8. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Indians Tie Old Penn in Grueling Football Battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1908. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  11. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Harvard 17, Carlisle 0: Indians Outplayed From Start to Finish". The Boston Globe. November 8, 1908. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Indians are held to Six Points by Pittsburgh Football Eleven". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. November 15, 1908. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  16. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  17. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  20. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  23. ^ "1908 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".


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