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1908 Denver Ministers football team

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1908 Denver Pioneers football
CFA champion
ConferenceColorado Football Association
Record7–1 (4–0 CFA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
1908 Colorado Football Association standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Denver $ 4 0 0 7 1 0
Colorado 3 1 0 5 2 0
Colorado College 2 1 0 6 1 0
Colorado Agricultural 0 2 0 1 3 0
Colorado Mines 0 3 0 2 3 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1908 Denver Pioneers football team represented the University of Denver in the Colorado Football Association (CFA) during the 1908 college football season. In their third season under head coach John P. Koehler, the Pioneers compiled a 7–1 record (3–0 against CFA opponents), won the CFA championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 153 to 37. The team's only loss was by an 8–4 score in the final game of the season against Pop Warner's Carlisle Indians.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Manual High School (Denver)*Denver, COW 47–0
October 10Utah*Denver, COW 17–15
October 17Colorado AgriculturalDenver, COW 17–0
October 31Creighton*Denver, COW 30–0[2]
November 7Colorado MinesDenver, COW 18–0
November 21at ColoradoW 14–10
November 28at Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, COW 6–4
December 5Carlisle*Denver, COL 4–8[3]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1908 Denver Pioneers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Denver Overwhelms Creighton". The Omaha Sunday Bee. November 1, 1908. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "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.