1908 Kansas Jayhawks football team

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1908 Kansas Jayhawks football team - Wikipedia

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1908 Kansas Jayhawks football
MVIAA champion
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	9–0 (4–0 MVIAA)
Head coach	A. R. Kennedy (5th season)
Captain	G. T. Crowell
Home stadium	McCook Field
Seasons ← 1907 1909 →

1908 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Kansas $	4	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Missouri	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Drake	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Washington University	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Iowa	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1908 Kansas Jayhawks football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1908 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach A. R. Kennedy, the Jayhawks compiled a 9–0 overall record and a 4–0 record against conference opponents winning the MVIAA. Kansas shutout five of nine opponents. The season is, as of 2022, the last season the Jayhawks finished undefeated without any ties. It's also the only time in program history, as of 2023, Kansas finished undefeated in conference play. The Jayhawks played their home games at McCook Field in Lawrence, Kansas. G. T. Crowell was the team captain.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		Kansas State Normal*	McCook Field Lawrence, KS	W 11–0
October 3		St. Mary's (KS)*	McCook Field Lawrence, KS	W 24–0
October 10		Kansas State*	McCook Field Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	W 12–6
October 17		Oklahoma*	McCook Field Lawrence, KS	W 11–0
October 24		Washington University	McCook Field Lawrence, KS	W 10–0		^[1]
November 7		Washburn*	McCook Field Lawrence, KS	W 23–0
November 14		at Nebraska	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	W 20–5
November 21		at Iowa	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 10–5
November 26	2:00 p.m.	vs. Missouri	Association Park Kansas City, MO (rivalry)	W 10–4	13,000	^[2]^[3]^[4]
*Non-conference game

^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Cayou's Team Beaten Down On Icy Field". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. October 25, 1908. p. 1S. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Jayhawk And Tiger To-day". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 26, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Kansas Won 10 To 4". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 27, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Kansas Won 10 To 4 (continued)". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 27, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "1908 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
^ "1908-09 Football Schedule". Kansas Athletics. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
^ "Kansas Football 2023 Media Guide" (PDF). Kansas Athletics. p. 204. Retrieved October 6, 2023.

v t e Kansas Jayhawks football
Venues	McCook Field (1892–1920) David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium (1921–2023, 2025–future) Arrowhead Stadium (2024) Children's Mercy Park (2024)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kansas State: Sunflower Showdown Missouri: Border War Nebraska
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay "I'm a Jayhawk" Marching Jayhawks Aggieville riots Timeline of football in Kansas First game in Kansas 1911 Missouri game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1890 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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Big Eight Conference football champions
MVIAA	Iowa & Nebraska (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Drake & Nebraska (1922) Kansas & Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)
Big Six	Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929) Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939) Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947)
Big Seven	Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949) Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)
Big Eight	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969) Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979) Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989) Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)
National championships in bold

v t e Missouri Valley Conference football champions
Pre-split	Iowa & Nebraska (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Drake & Nebraska (1922) Kansas & Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)
Post-split	Drake (1928) Drake (1929) Drake & Oklahoma A&M (1930) Drake (1931) Oklahoma A&M (1932) Oklahoma A&M (1933) Washington University (1934) Tulsa & Washington University (1935) Creighton & Tulsa (1936) Tulsa (1937) Tulsa (1938) Washington University (1939) Tulsa (1940) Tulsa (1941) Tulsa (1942) Tulsa (1943) Oklahoma A&M (1944) Oklahoma A&M (1945) Tulsa (1946) Tulsa (1947) Oklahoma A&M (1948) Detroit (1949) Tulsa (1950) Tulsa (1951) Houston (1952) Detroit & Oklahoma A&M (1953) Wichita (1954) Detroit & Wichita (1955) Houston (1956) Houston (1957) North Texas State (1958) Houston & North Texas State (1959) Wichita (1960) Wichita (1961) Tulsa (1962) Wichita (1963) Cincinnati (1964) Tulsa (1965) North Texas State & Tulsa (1966) North Texas State (1967) Memphis State (1968) Memphis State (1969) Louisville (1970) Memphis State (1971) Drake, Louisville, & West Texas State (1972) North Texas State & Tulsa (1973) Tulsa (1974) Tulsa (1975) New Mexico State & Tulsa (1976) West Texas State (1977) New Mexico State (1978) West Texas State (1979) Tulsa (1980) Drake & Tulsa (1981) Tulsa (1982) Tulsa (1983) Tulsa (1984) Tulsa (1985)
National championships in bold

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