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1909 Colgate football team

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1909 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainE. T. MacDonnell
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1908
1910 →
1909 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     10 0 0
Lafayette     7 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     9 1 0
Harvard     9 1 0
Penn State     5 0 2
Washington & Jefferson     8 1 1
Springfield Training School     5 1 0
NYU     6 1 1
Ursinus     6 1 1
Penn     7 1 2
Trinity (CT)     6 1 2
Dartmouth     5 1 2
Fordham     5 1 2
Princeton     6 2 1
Pittsburgh     6 2 1
Carlisle     8 3 1
Colgate     5 2 1
Brown     7 3 1
Geneva     4 2 0
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Vermont     4 2 2
Lehigh     4 3 2
Army     3 2 0
Villanova     3 2 0
Dickinson     4 4 1
Syracuse     4 5 1
Bucknell     3 4 2
Boston College     3 4 1
Cornell     3 4 1
Rhode Island State     3 4 0
Rutgers     3 5 1
Wesleyan     3 5 1
Holy Cross     2 4 2
Swarthmore     2 5 0
Drexel     1 5 3
Tufts     2 6 0
Amherst     1 6 1
Temple     0 4 1

The 1909 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach R. M. Brown, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record. E. T. MacDonnell was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2at Brown
L 0–14
October 9Hamilton
W 48–0
October 16St. Lawrence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 58–0
October 23at YaleL 0–36[3]
October 30Trinity (CT)
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
T 0–0[4]
November 6at RochesterRochester, NYW 21–0
November 13at SyracuseW 6–5
November 253:00 p.m.at Carnegie Tech
W 38–6[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 126. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1909 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Yale Easy Victor: Two Goals by Coy; Blue Piles Up Big Total Against Colgate Eleven". New York Tribune. October 24, 1909. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Good Game For Trinity". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 1, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Carnegie Tech Team Ready For Colgate". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1909. p. 14. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Colgate's Classy Warriors Overwhelm Carnegie Tech". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.