1908 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record5–1–1 (3–1 Western)
Head coach
CaptainForest Van Hook
Home stadiumIllinois Field
1908 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Chicago $ 5 –0 –05 –0 –1
Illinois 4 –1 –05 –1 –1
Wisconsin 2 –1 –05 –1 –0
Indiana 1 –3 –02 –4 –0
Purdue 1 –3 –04 –3 –0
Iowa 0 –1 –02 –5 –0
Minnesota 0 –2 –03 –2 –1
Northwestern 0 –2 –02 –2 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1908 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1908 college football season. In their third non-consecutive season under head coach Arthur R. Hall, the Illini compiled a 5–1–1 record and finished in second place in the Western Conference.[1] Guard Forest Van Hook was the team captain.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Monmouth (IL)*W 17–6
October 10Marquette
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL
T 6–6
October 17at ChicagoL 6–118,000[3][4]
October 31Indiana
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL
W 10–0
November 7Iowa
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL
W 22–0
November 14at PurdueWest Lafayette, IN (rivalry)W 15–6
November 21Northwestern
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 64–8
  • *Non-conference game

Awards and honors

  • Forest Van Hook, guard

References

  1. ↑ "1908 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 156. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Illini Downed by Maroons, 11-6: Game Greatest Ever Played in Middle West Under the New Football Rules". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 18, 1908. pp. 15–16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Frank B. Hutchinson, Jr. (October 18, 1908). "Maroons Nose Out Illinois After Hard Fight; Score Is 11-6". The Inter Ocean. pp. 21–22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Camp's 1908 All-America Selections". Reading Eagle. November 26, 1930.


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