1908 Whitman Fighting Missionaries football team

1908 Whitman Fighting Missionaries football
ConferenceNorthwest Conference
Record4–5 (1–3 Northwest)
Head coach
Home stadiumAnkeny Field
1908 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington $ 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
Washington State 1 – 0 – 2 4 – 0 – 2
Oregon 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Oregon Agricultural 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Whitman 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Idaho 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 2 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1908 Whitman Fighting Missionaries football team represented Whitman College as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1908 college football season. Under first-year head coach J. Merrill Blanchard, Whitman finished with a record of 4–5, with a mark of 1–3 in conference play for fifth place in the Northwest. Whitman played their home games at Ankeny Field in Walla Walla, Washington.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Walla Walla High School*
W [1]
October 10Weston Normal School*
  • Ankeny Field
  • Walla Walla, WA
W 18–0[2]
October 16Waitsburg High School (WA)*
  • Ankeny Field
  • Walla Walla, WA
W 10–0[3]
October 24at Washington
L 0–63,000[4]
October 27at Whitworth*
L 11–17[5]
November 6Idaho
  • Ankeny Field
  • Walla Walla, WA
W 11–0[6]
November 11at Oregon Agricultural
L 0–9[7]
November 14at Multnomah Athletic Club*
L 5–11[8]
November 26at Washington State
L 0–4[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Whitman shows up well". The Spokesman-Review. September 27, 1908. Retrieved October 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Whitman shows poorly". The Spokesman-Review. October 11, 1908. Retrieved October 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Whitman 10, Waitsburg 0". The Spokesman-Review. October 17, 1908. Retrieved October 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Washington "U" beats Whitman". The Oregon Sunday Journal. October 25, 1908. Retrieved October 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Whitworth defeats Whitman eleven in a spectacular game of football". The News Tribune. October 28, 1908. Retrieved October 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Whitman won game". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 7, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved October 23, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ^ "Corvallis eleven defeats Whitman". The Seattle Star. November 12, 1908. Retrieved October 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Multnomah wins game by 11 to 5". The Sunday Oregonian. November 15, 1908. Retrieved October 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Whitman beaten at Pullman". The Oregonian. November 27, 1908. Retrieved October 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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