1908 Clemson Tigers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1908

| team = Clemson Tigers

| sport = football

| image = 1908 Clemson Tigers football team (Taps 1909).png

| image_size = 285

| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| short_conf = SIAA

| record = 1–6

| conf_record = 0–4

| head_coach = Stein Stone

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Stricker Coles

| stadium = Bowman Field

}}

{{1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}

The 1908 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson Agricultural College—now known as Clemson University—as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1908 college football season. Led by Stein Stone in his first and only season as head coach,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7862784/the_tennessean/|title="Stein" Stone Has A Hustling Squad|newspaper=The Tennessean |page=6|date=October 16, 1908|access-date=December 15, 2016|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} the team posted an overall record of 1–6 with a mark of 0–4 in SIAA play.{{cite web|title=2016 Football Media Guide|url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/28500/pdf/football/2016-17/Guide.pdf?SPSID=935314&SPID=160208&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=28500|website=ClemsonTigers.com|publisher=Clemson Athletics|access-date=December 14, 2016|format=PDF|pages=200–208|date=2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220115651/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/28500/pdf/football/2016-17/Guide.pdf?SPSID=935314&SPID=160208&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=28500|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/clemson/1905-1909_yearly_results.php|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|title=Clemson Game by Game Results|access-date=November 3, 2015|archive-date=November 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116123049/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/clemson/1905-1909_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}} Stricker Coles was the team captain.{{harvnb|2010 Media Guide|p=198}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1908|team=Gordon Bulldogs|school=Gordon College (Georgia)|title=Gordon}}

| site_stadium = Bowman Field

| site_cityst = Calhoun, SC

| score = 15–0

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-clemson-is-winner-fr/146984401/|work=The Atlanta Journal|title=Clemson is winner from Gordon squad|date=September 27, 1908|accessdate=May 10, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = VPI

| site_stadium = Bowman Field

| site_cityst = Calhoun, SC

| score = 0–6

| source = {{cite news |title=Clemson---V.P.I. Game|url=https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=tiger_newspaper|publisher=Clemson University|newspaper=The Tiger|date=October 15, 1908|page=10|access-date=February 23, 2022}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Vanderbilt

| site_stadium = Dudley Field

| site_cityst = Nashville, TN

| score = 0–41

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-easy-victory-for-van/146982953/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Easy victory for Vanderbilt|date=October 18, 1908|accessdate=May 10, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = Davidson

| site_stadium = State Fair Grounds

| site_cityst = Columbia, SC

| score = 2–13

| source = {{cite news |title=Davidson downs Clemson Tigers|date=October 29, 1908|newspaper=Charlotte Daily Observer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108807150/davidson-downs-clemson-tigers/|accessdate=September 2, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 5

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = Georgia

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Augusta, GA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–6

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-clemson-tigers-were-defeated/146984010/|work=The State|title=Clemson Tigers were defeated|date=November 6, 1908|accessdate=May 10, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Tennessee

| site_stadium = Waite Field

| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN

| score = 5–6

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82689705/clemson-defeated-by-one-point-thats-al/|work=The Journal and Tribune|title=Clemson defeated by one point, that's all|date=November 15, 1908|accessdate=August 2, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 26

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Georgia Tech

| site_stadium = Ponce de Leon Park

| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 6–30

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-clemson-goes-down/146983653/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Clemson goes down|date=November 27, 1908|accessdate=May 10, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

References

Bibliography

{{cite web|last=Bourret|first=Tim|title=2010 Clemson Football Media Guide|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/clem/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/football_media_guide_2010.pdf|publisher=Clemson University|access-date=11 August 2011|page=202|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112182337/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/clem/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/football_media_guide_2010.pdf|archive-date=12 November 2012|ref={{harvid|2010 Media Guide}}|url-status=live}}

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