1908 Franklin Baptists football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1908
| team = Franklin Baptists
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 0–9–1
| head_coach = Brown
| hc_year =
| captain = Bryan (right halfback)
| stadium =
}}
{{1908 Midwestern college football independents records}}
The 1908 Franklin Baptists football team represented the Franklin College of Indiana during the 1908 college football season.{{Cite web|date=2015-09-10|title=Team Records Game by Game|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=1210&year=1908|access-date=2020-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910185645/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=1210&year=1908|archive-date=2015-09-10}} The Baptists lost a school record nine games (the record was tied in 1992 with another 0–9–1 season), and scored a combined 19 points, compared to their opponent's combined total of 263.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = l
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1908|team=DePauw Tigers|title=DePauw}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Greencastle, IN
| score = 0–20
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = l
| opponent = Wabash
| site_stadium = Ingalls Field
| site_cityst = Crawfordsville, IN
| score = 0–62
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = l
| opponent = Notre Dame
| site_stadium = Cartier Field
| site_cityst = Notre Dame, IN
| score = 0–64
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = l
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1908|team=Earlham Quakers|title=Earlham}}
| site_stadium = Reid Field
| site_cityst = Richmond, IN
| score = 6–16
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = l
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1908|team=Butler Bulldogs|title=Butler}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Franklin, IN
| score = 0–8
| source = {{Cite news|date=1908-10-31|title=Butler Plays Earlham.|pages=6|work=The Indianapolis Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54130438/butler-plays-earlham/|access-date=2020-06-25}}{{Cite news|date=1908-10-26|title=Butler Plays Poor Game, but Wins.|pages=12|work=The Indianapolis News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54130659/butler-plays-poor-game-but-wins/|access-date=2020-06-25}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = Cancelled
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| score =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = t
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1908|team=Hanover Panthers|title=Hanover}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Franklin, IN
| score = 5–5
| source = {{Cite news|date=1908-10-31|title=Butler Plays Earlham.|pages=6|work=The Indianapolis Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54130438/butler-plays-earlham/|access-date=2020-06-25}}{{Cite news|date=1908-10-30|title=Franklin 5, Hanover, 5.|pages=19|work=The Indianapolis News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54130541/franklin-5-hanover-5/|access-date=2020-06-25}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date =
| w/l = l
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1908|team=Muskingum Fighting Muskies|title=Muskingum}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| score = 0–36
| source =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date =
| w/l = l
| opponent = Dayton
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| score = 2–12
| source =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = l
| opponent = Hanover
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Madison, IN
| score = 6–17
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = l
| opponent = Butler
| site_stadium = Irwin Field
| site_cityst = Indianapolis, IN
| score = 0–23
| source = {{Cite news|date=1908-11-15|title=Butler In Fast One|pages=41|work=The Indianapolis Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54129315/butler-in-fast-one/|access-date=2020-06-25}}{{Cite news|date=1908-11-11|title=Butler Game Saturday.|pages=12|work=The Indianapolis News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54131307/butler-game-saturday/|access-date=2020-06-25}}
}}
}}
References
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