1908 Yale
7–1–1, coached by Lucius Horatio Biglow. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Massachusetts 49–0Oct 31
By 49 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | vsWesleyan (CT) | W 16–0 | 93% |
| Oct 3 | vs Syracuse | W 5–0 | 78% |
| Oct 10 | vs Holy Cross | W 18–0 | 81% |
| Oct 17 | at Army | W 6–0 | 64% |
| Oct 24 | vsWashington & Jefferson | W 38–0 | 81% |
| Oct 31 | vs Massachusetts | W 49–0 | 98% |
| Nov 7 | vs Brown | T 10–10 | 80% |
| Nov 14 | at Princeton | W 11–6 | 53% |
| Nov 21 | vs Harvard | L 0–4 | 70% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Harvard 4–0.
In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).
Photographs from 1908
Harvard 4 - Yale 0, November 21, 1908Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication 
Harvard vs. Yale, Yale Field, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 21, 1908Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication 
Harvard vs. Yale, Yale field, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 21, 1908Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication 
Yale vs. West Point Oct. 17 ’08, Cadet rootersPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Yale-West Point football, West PointPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication ![Yale-West Point [football game], Yale line-up](/media/photos/loc/2014682330.jpg)
Yale-West Point [football game], Yale line-upPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1908.
3 consensus All-AmericansHamlin Andrus, OG; William Goebel, OG; Ted Coy, FB
- Record
- 7–1–1
- Conference
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- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 153–20
- Elo
- 1713 +35 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 22.8 No. 4 of 67 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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- Captain
- Robert Burch