1908 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1908 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–1
Head coach
CaptainKey Wolf
Home stadiumBoyd Field
1908 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   6 – 0 – 0
Virginia   –   7 – 0 – 1
Rollins   –   4 – 0 – 1
George Washington   –   8 – 1 – 1
  –   8 – 1 – 1
Tulane   –   7 – 1 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   6 – 1 – 0
The Citadel   –   4 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   9 – 2 – 1
Florida   –   5 – 2 – 1
TCU   –   6 – 3 – 0
VMI   –   4 – 2 – 0
Davidson   –   5 – 3 – 1
Baylor   –   5 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Kentucky State   –   4 – 3 – 0
Louisiana Industrial   –   4 – 3 – 1
Arkansas   –   5 – 4 – 0
Texas   –   5 – 4 – 0
VPI   –   5 – 4 – 0
Arkansas State Normal   –   3 – 3 – 0
Chattanooga   –   4 – 4 – 0
North Carolina   –   3 – 3 – 3
Oklahoma A&M   –   4 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   3 – 4 – 1
Kendall   –   2 – 3 – 0
South Carolina   –   3 – 5 – 1
Texas A&M   –   3 – 5 – 0
Georgetown   –   2 – 4 – 1
Howard (AL)   –   2 – 4 – 0
Maryland   –   3 – 8 – 0
Birmingham   –   0 – 3 – 3
Stetson   –   0 – 1 – 1
Wake Forest   –   1 – 4 – 0
Goldey College   –   0 – 2 – 1
Mississippi College   –   0 – 1 – 0
Southwest Texas State   –   0 – 2 – 0
Marshall   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1908 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled an 8–1–1 record, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 272 to 35.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at Central State NormalEdmond, OKW 51–5
October 3at Oklahoma A&MStillwater, OK (rivalry)W 18–0
October 10Kingfisher
W 51–0
October 17at Kansas
L 0–11[2]
October 23at Kansas StateManhattan, KSW 33–4
October 304:00 p.m.Arkansas
  • Boyd Field
  • Norman, OK
W 27–5[3]
November 5Epworth
  • Boyd Field
  • Norman, OK
W 24–0
November 13Texas
W 50–0[4]
November 19Fairmount
  • Boyd Field
  • Norman, OK
W 12–4
November 24at WashburnTopeka, KST 6–6

[5]

Roster

1908 Oklahoma Sooners football
  • Charles Armstrong
  • Ralph Campbell
  • Roy Campbell
  • Porter English
  • Dave Fox
  
  • Frank Long
  • James Nairn
  • Claude Pickard
  • Earle Radcliffe
  

References

  1. ^ "1908 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "Kansas defeats Sooners in hot gridiron clash". The Joplin Daily Globe. October 18, 1908. Retrieved April 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Sooners Won". The Topeka Daily State Journal. Topeka, Kansas. October 31, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved February 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Swept off field is the Texas team". The Fort Worth Record. November 14, 1908. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "2004 Oklahoma Sooners Media Guide". University of Oklahoma Athletics. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  6. ^ "1908 OU Football Roster - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".


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