1908 Denver Ministers football team

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1908 Denver Ministers football
CFA champion
Conference Colorado Football Association
Record7–1 (4–0 CFA)
Head coach
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 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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3 Manual High School * Denver, CO W 47–0
October 10 Utah *Denver, COW 17–15 [2]
October 17 Colorado Agricultural Denver, COW 17–0
October 31 Creighton *Denver, COW 30–0 [3]
November 7 Colorado Mines Denver, COW 18–0
November 21at Colorado W 14–10
November 26at Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO W 6–4 [4]
December 52:39 p.m. Carlisle *Denver, COL 4–8 [5]
  • *Non-conference game

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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. "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.
  5. "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.