Two of the smartest coaches were Percy Haughton of Harvard and "Pop" Warner of Carlisle Institute.

In 1908 the two teams were scheduled to play one another. About a week before the game "Pop"Warner had a trick to defeat the tough Harvard team. He sewed pads to his player's pants and jersey. When the Carlisle team came out to practice on Harvard's field, Haughton noticed the pads on the Carlisle teams pants and jersey.

"That's not fair " said Haughton.

"It's not against the rules," said "Pop" Warner with a laugh. " I can put anything on my player jersey that I want." But Haughton had some tricks up his sleeve also. Just before kick off the two coaches met in the center of the field to pick out the ball for the game. When "Pop" Warner reached in the bag to pick out a ball, he pulled out a red one! Haughton had dyed the ball red, the same color as the Harvard jerseys. "It's not against the rules," laughed Haughton. "Does the ball have to be brown all the time?" "Pop" Warner went back to the bench mumbling to himself.

Harvard won 17 to 0.