1908 NYU Violets football team

The 1908 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In their second year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 2–3–2 record.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	St. Stephen's	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 5–0		^[1]
October 10	Stevens	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 5–6		^[2]
October 17	at Trinity (CT)	Trinity Field Hartford, CT	L 4–18		^[3]
November 3	Wesleyan	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	T 0–0	5,000	^[4]
November 7	at RPI	Troy, NY	L 0–11		^[5]
November 14	Union (NY)	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	T 5–5		^[6]
November 21	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	W 8–5		^[7]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 7	Webb Academy	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	T 0–0	^[8]
October 15	NYU Scrubs	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	T 0–0	^[9]
November 18	NYU Sophomores	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 10–0	^[10]

^ "A touchdown for N.Y.U." The Sun. October 4, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Stevens wins by one point". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 11, 1908. p. 49. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Trinity beats New York". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 19, 1908. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tie game for N.Y.U." New York Tribune. November 4, 1908. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "N.Y.U. gets rough deal". The New York Times. November 8, 1908. p. 30. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "N.Y.U. and Union in tie". New York Tribune. November 15, 1908. p. 11. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "N.Y.U. 8, Haverford 5". The New York Times. November 22, 1908. p. 30. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "New York eleven improved". The New York Times. October 8, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "N.Y.U. drills in the heat". The New York Times. October 16, 1908. p. 7. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "N.Y.U. varsity beats Sophs". The New York Times. November 19, 1908. p. 7. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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1908 Eastern college football independents records
v t	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