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1908 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record6–2 (3–2 MVC)
Head coach
CaptainEdwin L. Miller
Home stadiumRollins Field
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
1908 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kansas $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Nebraska 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Iowa State 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Missouri 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Drake 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Washington University 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Iowa 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1908 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1908 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2 record (3–2 against MVC opponents) and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 195 to 45. W. J. Monilaw was the head coach for the third of three seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Warrensburg Teachers*
W 57–6[3]
October 10Missouri Mines*
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
W 16–0[4]
October 17Iowa
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
W 10–5[5]
October 24Westminster (MO)*
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
W 58–0[6]
October 31Iowa State
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
L 0–16[7]
November 7at Drake
W 11–8[8]
November 14Washington University
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
W 40–0[9]
November 262:00 p.m.vs. Kansas
L 4–1013,000[10][11][12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1908 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Missouri piles up a big score". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 4, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Missouri wins from Rolla in hard game". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 11, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Iowa is loser to Missouri". The Minneapolis Journal. October 18, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tigers easily score against Westminster". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 25, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "The Tigers were tamed". The Kansas City Star. November 1, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tiger Skin Is Greatly Rumpled But Missouri Gets The Victory, 11 to 8". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). November 8, 1908. p. II-4, II-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Missouri's Open Playing Too Fast For Washington". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. November 15, 1908. p. 1S. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Jayhawk And Tiger To-day". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 26, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Kansas Won 10 To 4". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 27, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Kansas Won 10 To 4 (continued)". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 27, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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