| 1908 college football season | ||
|---|---|---|
 Pitt vs. West Virginia | ||
| Regular season | September 19–November 28 | |
| Champion(s) | Pennsylvania | |
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The 1908 college football season ran from Saturday, September 19, to November 28.[1] The Penn Quakers and the Harvard Crimson each finished the season unbeaten but with one tied. The LSU Tigers went unbeaten and untied against a weaker opposition. All three teams were named national champions retroactively by various organizations. Only Pennsylvania officially claims a national championship for the 1908 season. Kansas also went undefeated, but did not make a claim for the national championship.
Although there was no provision for a national championship, major teams played their regular schedules before facing their most difficult matches late in the season. "The real championship contests are ushered in with the month of November," The New York Times reported on September 6, "and on the seventh day of that month the final try-outs will be witnessed." The most eagerly anticipated games were Yale at Princeton (November 14) and Harvard at Yale (November 21). In addition, "intersectional games" were of special interest, with Cornell at Chicago, and Penn at Michigan.
- ^ "Football Season Offers Good Sport," The New York Times, Sept. 6, 1908, pB-3