1908 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–5 (0–2 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainIke Knox
1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
LSU + 2 –0 –010 –0 –0
Auburn + 4 –1 –06 –1 –0
Vanderbilt 3 –0 –17 –2 –1
Tennessee 3 –2 –07 –2 –0
Georgia Tech 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
Georgia 2 –2 –15 –2 –1
Alabama 1 –1 –16 –1 –1
Sewanee 1 –1 –14 –1 –3
Mississippi A&M 1 –3 –03 –4 –0
Ole Miss 0 –2 –03 –5 –0
Mercer 0 –3 –03 –4 –0
Clemson 0 –4 –01 –6 –0
Nashville   –    –  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1908 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1908 college football season.

Commenting on the game between Vanderbilt and Ole Miss which he officiated, Grantland Rice called captain Ike Knox, "a sensation in light hair, broad shoulders and stocky frame that gave both the Commodore offense and defense a shock that will not soon be forgotten." Rice continued: "Time and again, as a Commodore back would start down the field, the gorilla-like arms of the demon Knox would encircle his frame and said runner wasn’t only checked, but more often still, literally hurled yards towards his own goal line." In another article Rice wrote that only the mediocrity of his team kept Knox from being regionally and nationally famous: "If Knox has been upon a Vanderbilt, Sewanee or Auburn eleven he would more than likely have been hailed as one of the greatest halfbacks of the decade."[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Memphis University School*Oxford, MSW 30–0
October 10at Arkansas*Fayetteville, AKL 0–33
October 173:00 p.m.vs. Cape Girardeau Normal*
W 17–0[2]
October 24at Vanderbilt
L 0–29
October 29at Mississippi College*
W 41–0[3]
October 31at Tulane*
L 0–10[4]
November 10Southwestern Presbyterian*Oxford, MSL 5–9
November 26vs. Mississippi A&MJackson, MS (rivalry)L 6–44

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References

  1. ↑ "I. C. 'Ike' Knox". Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Rah Rah Boys Are In Town". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. October 17, 1908. p. 11. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ↑ "Clinton was very easy; University team won signal victory at Fair Grounds". Jackson Daily News. October 30, 1908. Retrieved July 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tulane defeats Mississippi by score of 10 to 0". The Daily Democrat. November 1, 1908. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "1908 Ole Miss Football Schedule". saturdaydownsouth.com. Retrieved August 28, 2015.


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