1908 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1908 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Western Conference
Record	4–3 (1–3 Western)
Head coach	Frederick A. Speik (1st season)
Captain	Asher E. Holloway

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
Northwestern	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	2	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1908 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1908 college football season. In their first season under head coach Frederick A. Speik, the Boilermakers compiled a 4–3 record, finished in a tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with a 1–3 record against conference opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 124 to 78. Asher E. Holloway was a team captain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 3	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago (rivalry)	L 0–39
October 10	Earlham	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 40–0
October 17	Monmouth	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 30–0
October 31	DePauw*	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 28–4
November 7	at Northwestern	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 16–10
November 14	Illinois	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	L 6–15
November 21	Indiana	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 4–10
*Non-conference game