1908 NYU Violets football team

1908 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   11 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 1
Cornell   –   7 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 1
Dartmouth   –   6 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   10 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 1 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 2
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 3
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 0
Dickinson   –   5 – 4 – 0
Amherst   –   3 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 3
Wesleyan   –   3 – 4 – 2
Springfield Training School   –   3 – 4 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 3 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 2
Rutgers   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 6 – 2
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 1
Villanova   –   1 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1908 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In their second year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 2–3–2 record.

Schedule

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Regular season

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3St. Stephen's
W 5–0[1]
October 10Stevens
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 5–6[2]
October 17at Trinity (CT)
L 4–18[3]
November 3Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 0–05,000[4]
November 7at RPITroy, NYL 0–11[5]
November 14Union (NY)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 5–5[6]
November 21at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 8–5[7]

Scrimmage games

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7Webb Academy
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 0–0[8]
October 15NYU Scrubs
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 0–0[9]
November 18NYU Sophomores
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 10–0[10]

References

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  1. ^ "A touchdown for N.Y.U." The Sun. October 4, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Stevens wins by one point". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 11, 1908. p. 49. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Trinity beats New York". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 19, 1908. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tie game for N.Y.U." New York Tribune. November 4, 1908. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "N.Y.U. gets rough deal". The New York Times. November 8, 1908. p. 30. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "N.Y.U. and Union in tie". New York Tribune. November 15, 1908. p. 11. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "N.Y.U. 8, Haverford 5". The New York Times. November 22, 1908. p. 30. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "New York eleven improved". The New York Times. October 8, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "N.Y.U. drills in the heat". The New York Times. October 16, 1908. p. 7. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "N.Y.U. varsity beats Sophs". The New York Times. November 19, 1908. p. 7. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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