1908 Rutgers

0–⁠2, coached by Joseph T. Smith. The season’s Wikipedia article records 3–⁠5–⁠1, over nine games to the two on file here. Share

Rutgers, 1908 — Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Oct 3	atNavy	L 0–⁠18		20%
Oct 10	atLehigh	L 0–⁠12		60%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Lehigh 12–⁠0.

In program history: The 112th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 152 on file).

Games missing from our records

Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1909) lists six games of Rutgers’s 1908 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. The guide gives no dates or sites, so these games have none here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

Date	Opponent	Result
—	vsDelaware	T 6–⁠6	Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1909 (both teams’ records)
—	vsFranklin & Marshall	W 9–⁠0	Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1909 (both teams’ records)
—	vsHamilton	W 5–⁠4	Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1909 (both teams’ records)
—	vsHaverford	L 5–⁠9	Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1909 (both teams’ records)
—	vsMuhlenberg	W 15–⁠5	Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1909 (both teams’ records)
—	vsStevens	L 13–⁠16	Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1909 (both teams’ records)

Record: 0–⁠2
Conference: —
AP poll: Began in 1936
Points: 0–⁠30
Coach: Joseph T. Smith
Elo: 1363 −43 this season
SP+ rating: —
Recruiting class: —

Captain: Charles E. Corbin