1908 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1908 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainHarry Miller
Home stadiumCartier Field
1908 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Kirksville Normal – 8–0–0
Miami (OH) – 7–0–0
Iowa State Normal – 5–0–0
Lincoln (MO) – 2–0–0
DePaul – 7–0–1
St. Mary's (OH) – 7–0–1
Butler – 5–0–1
Ohio Northern – 9–1–0
Fairmount – 8–1–0
Notre Dame – 8–1–0
Michigan Agricultural – 6–0–2
Lake Forest – 4–1–1
Saint Louis – 6–2–2
Kansas State – 6–2–0
Michigan – 5–2–1
Marquette – 4–2–1
St. Viator – 5–3–0
Central Michigan – 4–3–0
Mount Union – 5–4–1
Doane – 4–4–0
South Dakota State – 3–3–1
Buchtel – 3–4–0
Western State Normal – 3–4–0
Western Illinois – 2–3–1
Carthage – 2–3–0
Haskell – 3–5–1
Wittenberg – 3–5–1
Ohio – 3–5–0
North Dakota Agricultural – 2–3–0
Cincinnati – 1–4–1
Wabash – 2–6–0
Northern Illinois State – 1–5–1
Michigan State Normal – 1–4–0
Heidelberg – 1–6–0
Franklin – 0–9–1
Baldwin–Wallace – 0–2–0
Chicago P&S – 0–4–0

The 1908 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In its first and only year under head coach Victor M. Place, the team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 326 to 20. The team did not allow any opponent to cross its goal line during the season, all points against them having been scored on field goals (then valued at four points).[1]

Three Notre Dame players were selected by Walter Eckersall as first-team players on his 1908 All-Western college football team: Robert E. Vaughan at fullback; Ralph Dimmick at tackle; and Sam Dolan at guard.[2]

The team played its home games at Cartier Field in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3HillsdaleW 39–0[3]
October 10Franklin (IN)
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 64–0[4]
October 17at MichiganL 6–12[5]
October 24Chicago Physicians and Surgeons
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 88–0[6]
October 29Ohio Northern
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 58–4[7]
November 7vs. IndianaW 11–0[8]
November 13at WabashCrawfordsville, INW 8–4[9]
November 18St. Viator
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 46–0[10]
November 26at MarquetteMilwaukee, WIW 6–07,500[11]

Personnel

Players

[12]

Coaching staff

  • Head coach: Victor M. Place (former Dartmouth player)
  • Assistant coach: Joseph T. Lantry (former Ohio State player)
  • Manager: Harry Curtis
  • Assistant manager: Fay Wood

[13]

References

  1. ↑ "The Season" (PDF). The Notre Dame Scholastic. Vol. XLII, no. 12. December 5, 1908. p. 209.
  2. ↑ Walter Camp, ed. (1909). Spalding's Official Football Guide for 1909. American Sports Publishing Company. p. 31.
  3. ↑ "Notre Dame, 39; Hillsdale, 0". Chicago Tribune. October 4, 1908. p. 17. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Notre Dame Swamps Franklin". Chicago Tribune. October 11, 1908. p. 20. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bad Scare For Michigan". The Inter Ocean. October 18, 1908. p. 21. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Notre Dame Romps Over P. & S. Team for 88 to 0 Score". The Inter Ocean. October 25, 1908. p. 23. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Notre Dame Easily Wins Battle From Ohio Northern Team". The Inter Ocean. October 30, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Notre Dame Trims Indiana in Good Game; Score 11-0". The Inter Ocean. November 8, 1908. p. 23. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Notre Dame Beats Wabash, 8 to 4, in Hard Fought Game". The Inter Ocean. November 14, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Notre Dame Beats St. Viateur's in an Easy Game, 46 to 0". The Inter Ocean. November 19, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Notre Dame Beats Marquette, 6 to 0, in Hard Struggle". The Inter Ocean. November 27, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Varsity 1908" (PDF). The Notre Dame Scholastic. December 5, 1908. pp. 200- – via Notre Dame Archives.
  13. ↑ "Varsity Coaches" (PDF). The Notre Dame Scholastic. December 5, 1908. pp. 199–200, 206 – via Notre Dame Archives.