1908 Colorado Silver and Gold football team

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1908 Colorado Silver and Gold football
Conference Colorado Football Association
Record5–2 (3–1 CFA)
Head coach
CaptainClaire Coffin
Home stadium Gamble Field
Seasons
  1907
1909  
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 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Colorado Football Association (CFA) during the 1908 college football season. Fred Folsom, who had left Colorado to coach at Dartmouth College from 1903 to 1907, returned as the team's head coach for his third stint and eighth overall season. Under Folsom's guidance, the team compiled an overall record of 5–2 record with a mark of 3–1 in conference playing, placing second in the CFA. Colorado outscored its opponents by a total of 96 to 35.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4at Longmont High School * Longmont, CO W 6–0
October 11at Boulder High School * Boulder, CO W 29–0
October 24at Colorado Agricultural Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)W 8–0
November 3 Colorado College
W 14–0 [1]
November 14at Utah *L 14–21 [2]
November 21 Denver
  • Gamble Field
  • Boulder, CO
L 10–14
November 26 Colorado Mines
  • Gamble Field
  • Boulder, CO
W 15–0
  • *Non-conference game

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