1908 Denver Ministers football team
| 1908 Denver Ministers football | |
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CFA champion | |
| Conference | Colorado Football Association |
| Record | 7–1 (4–0 CFA) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado College | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Agricultural | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Mines | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1908 Denver Ministers 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 Ministers 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[edit]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 3 | Manual High School* | Denver, CO | W 47–0 | ||||
| October 10 | Utah* | Denver, CO | W 17–15 | [2] | |||
| October 17 | Colorado Agricultural | Denver, CO | W 17–0 | ||||
| October 31 | Creighton* | Denver, CO | W 30–0 | [3] | |||
| November 7 | Colorado Mines | Denver, CO | W 18–0 | ||||
| November 21 | at Colorado | W 14–10 | |||||
| November 26 | at Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO | W 6–4 | [4] | |||
| December 5 | 2:39 p.m. | Carlisle* | Denver, CO | L 4–8 | [5] | ||
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References[edit]
- ^ "1908 Denver Pioneers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ "Denver Defeats University Eleven By Narrow Margin". The Inter-Mountain Republican. October 11, 1908. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Denver Overwhelms Creighton". The Omaha Sunday Bee. November 1, 1908. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Denver Eleven Champion: Defeat Colorado College 6 to 4 in a Hard-Fought Game". the Idaho Statesman. November 27, 1908. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.