1908 Western Conference football season

1908 Western Conference football season
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ChampionChicago
1908 Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chicago $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 0 – 1
Illinois 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
Indiana 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Purdue 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Iowa 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Minnesota 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 2 – 1
Northwestern 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 2 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1908 Western Conference football season was the thirteenth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1908 college football season.

After a two year hiatus, Northwestern returned to the football field. Iowa would also make this their last year co-competing in the Western Conference and the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which they helped form in 1907.

Season overview

Chicago would repeat as Western Conference champions, going 5-0 in league play and 5-0-1 overall.

Illinois (4-1) and Wisconsin (2-1) would finish at 5-1-1 and 5-1, respectively.

Indiana and Purdue would end up with league records of 1-3 and overall records of 2-4 and 4-3, respectively.

Iowa, Minnesota, and Northwestern would go winless in conference play at 0-1, 0-2, and 0-2. Northwestern's first football game in three years was played against a team made up of NU alumni, in which the varsity came out on top by a score of 10-6.

Chicago

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Purdue
W 39–0
October 10Indiana
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 29–6
October 17Illinois
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 11–58,000[1][2]
October 31Minnesota
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 29–015,000[3][4]
November 14Cornell*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
T 6–6[5][6]
November 21at Wisconsin
W 18–12[7][8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Source: [9]

Illinois

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Monmouth (IL)*
W 17–6
October 10Marquette
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL
T 6–6
October 17at Chicago
L 6–118,000[10][11]
October 31Indiana
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 10–0
November 7Iowa
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL
W 22–0[12]
November 14at PurdueWest Lafayette, IN (rivalry)W 15–6
November 21Northwestern
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 64–8
  • *Non-conference game

Wisconsin

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10Lawrence*
W 35–0
October 17at Indiana
W 16–0
October 24vs. Wisconsin freshmen
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 24–15
October 31Marquette
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 9–6
November 7at Minnesota
W 5–015,000
November 21Chicago
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
L 12–18[13][14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

Indiana

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26Indiana alumni*
W 11–0
October 3DePauw*
  • Jordan Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 16–0
October 10at Chicago
L 6–29
October 17Wisconsin
  • Jordan Field
  • Bloomington, IN
L 0–16
October 31at Illinois
L 0–10
November 7vs. Notre Dame*
L 0–11
November 21at Purdue
W 10–4
  • *Non-conference game

[15][16][17]

Purdue

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3at Chicago
L 0–39
October 10Earlham
W 40–0
October 17Monmouth (IL)
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 30–0
October 31DePauw*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 28–4
November 7at Northwestern
W 16–10
November 14Illinois
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
L 6–15
November 21Indiana
L 4–10
  • *Non-conference game

[18]

Iowa

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 10Coe*
W 92–0[19][20]
October 17at Missouri
L 5–10[21]
October 24at Morningside*Sioux City, IAW 16–0[22][23]
October 31Nebraska
L 8–11[24][25]
November 7at Illinois
L 0–22[26]
November 14Drake
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
L 6–12[27]
November 21Kansas
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
L 5–10[28]
  • *Non-conference game

[29]

Minnesota

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Lawrence*
W 6–05,000
October 10Iowa State*
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 15–105,000[30]
October 17Nebraska*
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
T 0–012,000
October 31at Chicago
L 0–2915,000[31][32]
November 7Wisconsin
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
L 0–515,000
November 21Carlisle*
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 11–615,000
  • *Non-conference game

Northwestern

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 10Northwestern alumni*
W 10–6
October 24Beloit*
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 44–4
November 7Purdue
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 10–16
November 21at Illinois
L 8–14
  • *Non-conference game

Bowl games

No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1908 season.

All-American honors

Main article: 1908 College Football All-America Team

Ends

Guards

Quarterbacks

  • Walter Steffen, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FY; NYET; PD; NHR; KCJ)

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1908

Other selectors

  • CON = Consensus based on All-American teams selected by 25 football experts; number indicates how many of the 25 experts selected the individual as a first-team All-American; any player with at least 5 of 25 selections is listed hear as a second-team selection: CON-2[35]
  • ERB = Composite All-America team selected by E. R. Bushnell based on aggregating the opinions of 30 football critics; number indicates how many of the 30 critics selected the individual as a first-team All-American[36]
  • NYW = New York World, selected by former Yale quarterback Tad Jones[37]
  • PI = The Philadelphia Inquirer, selected by Franklin[38]
  • FY = Fielding H. Yost, football coach of the University of Michigan[39]
  • TT = Tom Thorp, former star tackle and captain of Columbia[40]
  • NYG = New York Globe[41]
  • CSM = The Christian Science Monitor[42]
  • NYT = The New York Times[43]
  • NYET = New York Evening Telegram[43]
  • BSU = Brooklyn Standard Union[42]
  • BP = Boston Post[42]
  • PD = Pittsburgh Dispatch[44]
  • NHR = New Haven Register[44]
  • TJ = Tad Jones[44]
  • KCJ = Kansas City Journal[44]
  • PP = Philadelphia Press[45]
  • PT = Philadelphia Times[45]
  • PES = Philadelphia Evening Star[45]
  • WH = Washington Herald, selected by William Peet[44]
  • CIO = Chicago Inter-Ocean[44]
  • FC = Fred Crolius[44]

Bold = Consensus All-American[46]

  • 1 – First-team selection
  • 2 – Second-team selection
  • 3 – Third-team selection

All-Western selections

Main article: 1908 All-Western college football team
  • James Dean, End, Wisconsin (ALF, CDN, WE)
  • Walter Henry Rademacher, End, Minnesota (CDN, CRH)
  • Harlan Page, End, Chicago (ALF, WE)
  • Anderson, End, Wisconsin (CRH)

Tackles

  • Glenn D. Butzer, Guard, Illinois (ALF, CDN, CRH)
  • William Mackmiller, Guard, Wisconsin (ALF)
  • Henry E. Farnum, Center, Minnesota (CDN, CRH)
  • Benjamin Harrison Badenoch, Center, Chicago (ALF)
  • William Lucas Crawley, Halfback, Chicago (ALF, CRH)
  • Reuben Martin Rosenwald, Halfback, Minnesota (ALF, CDN)
  • Earle T. Pickering, Fullback, Minnesota (ALF, CRH)
  • Oscar William Worthwine, Fullback, Chicago (CDN)

References

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