1908 Colorado Silver and Gold football team
| 1908 Colorado Silver and Gold football | |
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| Conference | Colorado Football Association |
| Record | 5–2 (3–1 CFA) |
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| Captain | Claire Coffin |
| Home stadium | Gamble Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 4 | at Longmont High School* | Longmont, CO | W 6–0 | |||
| October 11 | at Boulder High School* | Boulder, CO | W 29–0 | |||
| October 24 | at Colorado Agricultural | Fort Collins, CO (rivalry) | W 8–0 | |||
| November 3 | Colorado College |
| W 14–0 | [1] | ||
| November 14 | at Utah* | L 14–21 | [2] | |||
| November 21 | Denver |
| L 10–14 | |||
| November 26 | Colorado Mines |
| W 15–0 | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ "State College Beats Tigers". Fort Collins Express. November 4, 1908. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Great game is won by Utahns". Deseret Evening News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 16, 1908. p. 13.
- ^ "1908 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "1908 Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 10. Retrieved October 23, 2023.