1909 Lafayette football team

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]

1909 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–1
Head coach
CaptainArthur Blaicher
Home stadiumMarch 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
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

Schedule

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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

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  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  .
  5. ^ "Lafayette Makes Record Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1909. p. 32. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Swarthmore Easy For Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1909. p. 33. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  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  .
  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  .
  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  .
  10. ^ "Lafayette Rolls Up Big Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1909. p. 22. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  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  .