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Notre Dame Football Team History

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
Founded: 1842
Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium
Capacity: 80,225
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Victor M. Place
Conference: Independent-

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1887 <-- 1907 <- 1908 -> 1909 --> 2024

1908 Season Highlights

Victor M. Place enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Notre Dame.

1908 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Oct. 3	vs. Hillsdale	39	0	W
Sat., Oct. 10	vs. Franklin	64	0	W
Sat., Oct. 17	@ Michigan	6	12	L
Sat., Oct. 24	vs. Chicago Physicians	88	0	W
Thu., Oct. 29	vs. Ohio Northern	58	4	W
Sat., Nov. 7	Indiana	11	0	W	@ Indianapolis, IN
Fri., Nov. 13	@ Wabash	8	4	W
Wed., Nov. 18	vs. St. Viator	46	0	W
Thu., Nov. 26	@ Marquette	6	0	W

1908 Season Totals
Record	8-1
Points Scored	326
Scoring Average	36.2
Points Allowed	20
Defense Average	2.2
Opponents Record	8-6
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	2-1

1908 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1908 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
New Mexico	5-1	107	40					H.H. Conwell
Connecticut	4-3-1	150	49					W.F. Madden
Louisiana State	10-0	443	11					Edgar R. Wingard
Navy	9-2-1	218	38					Lt. Frank D. Berrien
Notre Dame	8-1	326	20					Victor M. Place
Oklahoma	8-1-1	272	35					Bennie Owen
Pittsburgh	8-3	140	36					Joseph H. Thompson
Miami Ohio	7-0	113	10					Amos P. Foster
Army	6-1-2	87	21					Harry M. Nelly
Kansas State	6-2	182	74					Mike F. Ahearn
Louisiana	6-0	93	16					C.J. McNaspy
Michigan State	6-0-2	205	22					Chester L. Brewer
Syracuse	6-3-1	171	39					Howard H. Jones
Texas Christian	6-3	155	68					J.R. Langley
Washington	6-0-1	128	15					Gilmour Gloomy Gil Dobie
Arizona	5-0	136	5					H.B. Galbraith
Arkansas	5-4	214	120					Hugo F. Bezdek
Florida	5-2-1	90	40					Jack Forsythe
Michigan	5-2-1	128	81					Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
Oregon	5-2	74	52					Robert W. Forbes
Penn State	5-5	153	51					Thomas F. Tom Fennell
Texas	5-4	135	135					W.E. Metzenthin
West Virginia	5-3	101	29					Dr. Charles Augustus Lueder
Central Michigan	4-3	28	17					Hugh Sutherland
Jacksonville State	4-3	32	37					Earl Wells
Louisiana Tech	4-3-1	205	91					A.L. Cornell
New Mexico State	4-2	179	42					W.G. Hummell
Oklahoma State	4-3	86	66					Edwin Parry
Oregon State	4-3-1	83	51					Fred S. Norcross
Washington State	4-0-2	164	10					Walter M. Rheinschild
Akron	3-4	32	80					Dr. Dwight Bradley
Baylor	3-5	48	164					Enoch J. Mills
Maryland	3-8	27	204					William Lang
Ohio	3-5	103	64					Arthur McFarland
Rutgers	3-5-1	53	104					Joseph Smith
South Carolina	3-6-1	70	132					Christie Benet
Southern California	3-1-1	63	18					William I. Bill Traeger
Temple	3-2-1	55	73					Dr. Frank W. White
Western Michigan	3-3	33	98					William H. Bill Spaulding
Boston College	2-4-2	30	54					Joseph Joe Reilly & Joseph Kenney
Tulsa	2-3	80	43					Sam McBirney
Cincinnati	1-4-1	59	104					Ralph Inott
Northern Illinois	1-5-1	31	81					Nelson A. Kellogg
Wake Forest	1-5	21	183					A.P. Hall, Jr.
Marshall	0-6	14	104					W.G. Vinal
Stanford	0-0	0	0					No Team

1908 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1908 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first college football National Champion was Princeton. They received the honor in 1869 and only played two games.