| 1908 Drake Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 6–2 (1–2 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Haskins Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1908 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1908 college football season. In its first season under head coach John L. Griffith, the team compiled a 6–2 record (1–2 against MVC opponents), finished in fifth place in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 108 to 29.[1]
The team played its home games at Haskins Field.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 3 | Drake alumni* | W 4–0 | [2] | |||
| October 10 | Leander Clark* |
| W 45–0 | [3] | ||
| October 17 | at Coe* | Cedar Rapids, IA | W 18–0 | [4] | ||
| October 24 | Grinnell* |
| W 9–0 | [5] | ||
| October 31 | at Washburn* | Topeka, KS | W 6–0 | [6] | ||
| November 7 | Missouri |
| L 8–11 | [7] | ||
| November 14 | at Iowa | W 12–6 | [8] | |||
| November 26 | Iowa State |
| L 6–12 | [9] | ||
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References
- ↑ "1908 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ↑ "Saturday's Games Not Conclusive". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). October 5, 1908. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Drake Swamps Weak Visitors: Leander Clark Offers But Little Opposition; The Score Is 45 to 0". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). October 11, 1908. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Drake Gets But Eighteen Points: Light Coe Team Holds Drake Varsity in Good Shape". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). October 18, 1908. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ A. C. Gordon (October 25, 1908). "Grinnell Forced To Bow To Drake". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Drake Victorious Over Jayhawkers: Washburn College Defeated By Score of 6 to 0". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). November 1, 1908. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tiger Skin Is Greatly Rumpled But Missouri Gets The Victory, 11 to 8". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). November 8, 1908. p. II-4, II-5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Old Gold Bows To Drake Again: Second Victory In Ten Years Comes To Drake". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). November 15, 1908. pp. I-1, II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Ames Is State Champion: Defeats Drake in Best Football Game of Season". The Sioux City Journal. November 27, 1908 – via Newspapers.com.
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