1908 Denver Pioneers football
CFA champion
ConferenceColorado Football Association
Record7–1 (4–0 CFA)
Head coach
1908 Colorado Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Denver $ 4 0 07 1 0
Colorado 3 1 05 2 0
Colorado College 2 1 06 1 0
Colorado Agricultural 0 2 01 3 0
Colorado Mines 0 3 02 3 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1908 Denver Pioneers football team represented the University of Denver as a member of 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 in conference play), won the CFA championship, and outscored 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, COW 47–0
October 10Utah*Denver, COW 17–15[2]
October 17Colorado AgriculturalDenver, COW 17–0
October 31Creighton*Denver, COW 30–0[3]
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[4]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1908 Denver Pioneers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  2. "Denver Defeats University Eleven By Narrow Margin". The Inter-Mountain Republican. October 11, 1908. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Denver Overwhelms Creighton". The Omaha Sunday Bee. November 1, 1908. p. Sports 1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "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.
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