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1908 Geneva Covenanters football
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   11 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 1
Cornell   –   7 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 1
Dartmouth   –   6 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   10 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 1 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 2
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 3
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 0
Dickinson   –   5 – 4 – 0
Amherst   –   3 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 3
Wesleyan   –   3 – 4 – 2
Springfield Training School   –   3 – 4 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 3 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 2
Rutgers   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 6 – 2
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 1
Villanova   –   1 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1908 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1908 college football season. Led by second-year head coach, Arthur McKean, the team compiled a record of 1–6–2.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3 Allegheny Beaver Falls, PAT 0–5 [1]
October 7at Washington & Jefferson
L 0–29 [2]
October 10at Waynesburg Waynesburg, PAL 0–5 [3]
October 17at Penn State
L 0–51 [4]
October 24 Westminster (PA)Beaver Falls, PAL 0–15 [5]
October 31at Grove City Grove City, PAT 5–5 [6]
November 7at Westminster (PA) New Wilmington, PAL 0–39 [7]
November 14 Slippery RockBeaver Falls, PAL 6–18 [8]
November 21Grove CityBeaver Falls, PAW 5–0 [9] [10]

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References

  1. ^ "Geneva Plays a Draw". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1908. p. 14. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Wash-Jeff's Trounces Geneva College Team". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 8, 1908. p. 7. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Geneva Downed". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 11, 1908. p. 18. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "State Outplays Geneva, Score 51–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1908. p. 23. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Westminster Is Winner Over Geneva By 15 to 0". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 25, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Grove City And Geneva Are In A Time Game". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1908. p. 17. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Cinch For Westminster". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1908. p. 18. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Slipperyrock Wins Over Geneva Eleven". New Castle Herald. New Castle, Pennsylvania. November 16, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Geneva Beats Grove City". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1908. p. 18. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Geneva Victorious". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1908. p. 18. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Geneva Football Record Book" (PDF). Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: Geneva College. 2021. p. 4. Retrieved September 19, 2021.


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