1908 Colorado Silver and Gold football team

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1908 Colorado Silver and Gold football
ConferenceColorado Football Association
1908 record5–2 (3–1 CFA)
Head coach
CaptainClaire Coffin
Home stadiumGamble Field
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
1908 Colorado Football Association standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Denver $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Colorado 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Colorado College 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Colorado Agricultural 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 3 – 0
Colorado Mines 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1908 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Colorado Football Association (CFA) during the 1908 college football season. Fred Folsom, who had left Colorado to coach at Dartmouth College from 1903 to 1907, returned as the team's head coach for his third stint and eighth overall season. Under Folsom's guidance, the team compiled an overall record of 5–2 record with a mark of 3–1 in conference playing, placing second in the CFA. Colorado outscored its opponents by a total of 96 to 35.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4at Longmont High School*Longmont, COW 6–0
October 11at Boulder High School*Boulder, COW 29–0
October 24at Colorado AgriculturalFort Collins, CO (rivalry)W 8–0
November 7Colorado College
W 14–0
November 14at Utah*
L 14–21[3]
November 21Denver
  • Gamble Field
  • Boulder, CO
L 10–14
November 26Colorado Mines
  • Gamble Field
  • Boulder, CO
W 15–0
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2018 Colorado Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Colorado. 2018. pp. 154, 172. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "1908 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Great game is won by Utahns". Deseret Evening News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 16, 1908. p. 13.
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