Utah at Colorado College
Saturday, October 17, 1908 Share
Colorado College beat Utah 18–4. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–2.
Final
Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1909) gives Colorado College 16–6, as two scans of the guide read it (the scan on the Internet Archive).
In the newspapers

The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], October 18, 1908, page 12
Read the text
VARSITY MEETS SECOND DEFEAT Colorado College Has Little Trouble in Beating Utah Score 18 to q. Colorado Springs. Colo. Oct. 1.-THE University OF Utah suffered the second defeat OF its Colorado trip today when on Washburn field before one Of the largest football crowds in the history Of Colorado Springs. Il was outplayed by the Colorado college Tigers by the score OF IS 70 l. Thirteen Of the points scored by the Colorado college were made BY Murphy. freshman guard. who made two goals from a free kick. was successful in one OF six attempts at a drop kick. and scored the goal from touchdown. The touchdown was made ley c. Smith. right half. on 35-yard end rua. Captain Convh, near the close OF the second half. scored four points for Utah on a place kick from the 35-yard line Utah showed much better skill and daring in the use OF the forward pass and although frequently penalized for sl,isplaced passes. made substantial gains through The use Of his MAY Neither team was able To gain much Roadway ny using the olG-fasEicned line buckiag ta,fics. TIE game was @haraC teIiZed par tirulariy by the open field woIk Of both teams.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Colorado College 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Utah–Colorado College gameUtah leads 16–11 in 27 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.
Around this game
Utah
- Next gamevs. Fort DouglasOct. 24, 1908
- SeasonUtah in 1908
- ProgramUtah history and records
Colorado College
- Next gameat TexasOct. 24, 1908
- SeasonColorado College in 1908
- ProgramColorado College history and records
