1908 Kirksville Normal football team

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The 1908 Kirksville Normal football team represented the Kirksville Normal School of Kirksville, Missouri (later renamed as Truman State University) as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In their second year under head coach Clifford Bell, Kirksville compiled an 8–0 record, shut out seven of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 267 to 6.[1] The 1908 season was the first perfect season in program history. Additional perfect seasons followed in 1920, 1932, 1933, 1934, and 1936.[2]

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Record8–0
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1908 Kirksville Normal football
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Record8–0
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Home stadiumNormal Athletic Field
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1909 â†’
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1908 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Kirksville Normal â€“ 8–0–0
Miami (OH) â€“ 7–0–0
Iowa State Normal â€“ 5–0–0
Lincoln (MO) â€“ 2–0–0
DePaul â€“ 7–0–1
St. Mary's (OH) â€“ 7–0–1
Butler â€“ 5–0–1
Ohio Northern â€“ 9–1–0
Fairmount â€“ 8–1–0
Notre Dame â€“ 8–1–0
Michigan Agricultural â€“ 6–0–2
Lake Forest â€“ 4–1–1
Saint Louis â€“ 6–2–2
Kansas State â€“ 6–2–0
Michigan â€“ 5–2–1
Marquette â€“ 4–2–1
St. Viator â€“ 5–3–0
Central Michigan â€“ 4–3–0
Mount Union â€“ 5–4–1
Doane â€“ 4–4–0
South Dakota State â€“ 3–3–1
Buchtel â€“ 3–4–0
Western State Normal â€“ 3–4–0
Western Illinois â€“ 2–3–1
Carthage â€“ 2–3–0
Haskell â€“ 3–5–1
Wittenberg â€“ 3–5–1
Ohio â€“ 3–5–0
North Dakota Agricultural â€“ 2–3–0
Cincinnati â€“ 1–4–1
Wabash â€“ 2–6–0
Northern Illinois State â€“ 1–5–1
Michigan State Normal â€“ 1–4–0
Heidelberg â€“ 1–6–0
Franklin â€“ 0–9–1
Baldwin–Wallace â€“ 0–2–0
Chicago P&S â€“ 0–4–0
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at Central (MO)Fayette, MOW 20–6[3]
October 10at William JewellLiberty, MOW 5–0[4] or L 0–1 (forfeit)[5]
October 13at Westminster (MO)Fulton, MOW 45–0[6]
October 17at Monmouth (IL)Monmouth, IL
October 23Central (MO)
W 40–0[7]
October 30Maryville NormalKirksville, MOW 62–0[8][9]
November 6Amity
  • Normal Athletic Field
  • Kirksville, MO
W 49–0[10]
November 17Tarkio
  • Normal Athletic Field
  • Kirksville, MO
W 36–0[11][12]
November 26at Cape Girardeau NormalCape Girardeau, MOW 9–0[13][14][15]
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