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Rutgers Football Team History

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Rutgers State University
New Brunswick, NJ
Founded: 1766
Stadium: Rutgers Stadium
Capacity: 42,000
Colors: Scarlet & White
Coach: Joseph Smith
Conference: Independent-

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1869 <-- 1907 <- 1908 -> 1909 --> 2024

1908 Season Highlights

Joseph Smith enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Rutgers.

1908 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Oct. 3	@ Navy	0	18	L
Sat., Oct. 10	@ Lehigh	0	12	L
Sat., Oct. 24	@ Haverford (PA)	5	9	L
Sat., Oct. 31	vs. Hamilton (NY)	5	4	W
Tue., Nov. 3	vs. Franklin & Marshall (PA)	9	0	W
Sat., Nov. 7	vs. Delaware	6	6	T
Tue., Nov. 10	vs. Ursinus (PA)	0	35	L
Sat., Nov. 14	vs. Muhlenberg (PA)	15	5	W
Sat., Nov. 21	@ Stevens Tech (NJ)	13	15	L

1908 Season Totals
Record	3-5 -1
Points Scored	53
Scoring Average	5.9
Points Allowed	104
Defense Average	11.6
Opponents Record	9-2
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	3-1 -1
Away Record	0-4

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 forward pass first appeared in college football in 1906. It was introduced in an attempt to increase scoring and reduce injuries.