1908 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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1908 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1908 record3–7
Head coach
Captain
Home stadiumTech Park
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   11 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 1
Cornell   –   7 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 1
Dartmouth   –   6 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   10 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 1 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 2
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 3
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 0
Dickinson   –   5 – 4 – 0
Amherst   –   3 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 3
Wesleyan   –   3 – 4 – 2
NYU   –   2 – 3 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 2
Rutgers   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 6 – 2
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 1
Villanova   –   1 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1908 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1908 college football season. Led by William F. Knox in his first and only season as head coach, Carnegie Tech compiled a record of 3–7.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Waynesburg
W 12–01,500[1]
October 10Grove City
  • Tech Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 6–4[2][3]
October 173:00 p.m.West Virginia
  • Tech Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–16[4][5]
October 243:00 p.m.Allegheny
  • Tech Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 11–0[6][7]
October 313:00 p.m.Penn
  • Tech Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–256,000[8][9]
November 33:00 p.m.at Pittsburgh
L 0–22[10][11][12]
November 73:00 p.m.Wooster
  • Tech Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 6–13[13][14]
November 14at MariettaMarietta, OHL 0��27[15]
November 213:00 p.m.Case
  • Tech Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–30[16][17]
November 263:00 p.m.Washington & Jefferson
  • Tech Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–30[18][19]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Carnegie Tech Opens With Clean Victory". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1908. p. 13. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. ^ "More Stands At Tech Park". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 9, 1908. p. 19. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "Grove City Is Beaten". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 11, 1908. p. 17. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Tech's First Big Battle". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1908. p. 7. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "Skibo Eleven Walloped In Snappy Game". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1908. p. 18. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. ^ "Pittsburgh Is Strong For Bucknell Today". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. ^ "Carnegie Tech Squad Conquers Allegheny". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 25, 1908. p. 14. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. ^ "Penn's Squad In Smoky City". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1908. p. 11. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. ^ "University of Pennsylvania Team Gives Carnegie Tech 25-0 Defeat". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1908. p. 13. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. ^ "Bitterness Between Football Men Make Separate Parades Necessary". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 3, 1908. p. 12. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. ^ "Tech Not in Same Class With Pittburg[sic] Eleven". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 4, 1908. p. 16. Retrieved March 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. ^ "University Football Warriors Conquer Carnegie Tech's Eleven". The Pittsburgh Post. November 4, 1908. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Captain Wins Dowling Is Injured . . . . . . . Weakening Carnegie Tech Team". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  14. ^ "Wooster Wins Game From Carnegie Tech 13 To 6". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1908. p. 18. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  15. ^ "Marietta Defeats Carnegie Tech Boys". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1908. p. 15. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  16. ^ "To-Day's Football Card". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1908. p. 12. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  17. ^ "Tech Is Badly Beaten By Cleveland Eleven". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1908. p. 15. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  18. ^ "Wash-Jeff Plays At Carnegie Tech Today". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  19. ^ "Wash-Jeff Trounces Carnegie Tech In Bitterly Fought Football Fray". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1908. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  20. ^ "Carnegie Mellon Year-By-Year scores" (PDF). cmu.athletics.com. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
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