1908 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1908 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1908 record	7–2 (4–2 SIAA)
Head coach	George Levene
Captain	Walker Leach
Home stadium	15th and Cumberland Field

1908 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
LSU +	3	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Auburn +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	0	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Alabama	1	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Sewanee	1	–	1	–	1	4	–	1	–	3
Ole Miss	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Mississippi A&M	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Clemson	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	1	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Dahlonega	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Memphis U. School	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Gordon	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	3	–	0
Nashville			–					–

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1908 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1908 college football season. The season was the second of head coach George Levene's three-year tenure. The Volunteers had compiled four wins in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association play, the most in team history. It was widely considered the best Tennessee football season up to that point.^[1] Walker Leach and Nathan Dougherty were selected All-Southern. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin noted "All things considered, Leach was perhaps the best football player of the year in Dixie."^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 3, 1908	North Carolina*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 12–0
October 10, 1908	Maryville*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 39–5
October 17, 1908	Kentucky	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 7–0
October 24, 1908	Georgia	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 10–0
October 31, 1908	at Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	W 6–5
November 7, 1908	at Vanderbilt	Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 9–16
November 14, 1908	Clemson	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 6–5
November 21, 1908	Chattanooga*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 35–6
November 26, 1908	vs. Alabama	Birmingham Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	L 0–4
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern.

References

↑ Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football. 1982. p. 34.
↑ Spalding's Football Guide. 1909. p. 75.

Tennessee Volunteers football

Venues	Neyland Stadium (1921–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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