1909 Lafayette football team

1909 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–1
Head coach
CaptainArthur Blaicher
Home stadiumMarch Field
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
New Hampshire   –   3 – 4 – 0
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 Lafayette football team represented Lafayette College in the 1909 college football season. Lafayette shut out seven of its eight opponents and finished with a 7–0–1 record in their first year under head coach Bob Folwell. Significant games included victories over Princeton (6–0) and Lehigh (21–0). The only blemish on the team's record was a 6–6 tie with Penn. The 1909 Lafayette team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 176 to 6.[1] Lafayette fullback George McCaa received recognition on the 1909 College Football All-America Team, as a third-team selection by Walter Camp and a second-team selection by The New York Times.[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Wyoming Seminary
W 23–0[4]
October 9Hobart
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 50–0[5]
October 16Swarthmore
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 22–0[6]
October 23at PrincetonW 6–0[7]
November 6at PennPhiladelphia, PAT 6–6[8][9]
November 13Stroudsburg Normal
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 43–0[10]
November 20at LehighSouth Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 5–0[11]
November 25Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 5–0[12]

References

  1. ^ "1909 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Six Yale Men on Camp's First Team" (PDF). The New York Times. December 19, 1909.
  3. ^ "All-America Team Picked on Form Shown During 1909: Problems Confronting Experts Who Take Up This Thankless and Difficult Task of Choosing the So-Called "Best."" (PDF). The New York Times. November 28, 1909.
  4. ^ "Lafayette Wins". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1909. p. 29. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Lafayette Makes Record Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1909. p. 32. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Swarthmore Easy For Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1909. p. 33. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Lafayette Licks Princeton Team By Score Of 6-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1909. p. 35. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Tie Score Best Penn and Lafayette Can Do in One Hour's Battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1909. p. 13. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Pennsylvania Manages to Stave Off Defeat in Game With Lafayette (continued)". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1909. p. 21. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Lafayette Rolls Up Big Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1909. p. 22. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Lafayette's Brawn and Ability Too Much for Gallant and Plucky Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 21, 1909 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Lafayette Worked Hard For Victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1909. p. 13. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.