1909 Army Cadets football team

The 1909 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1909 college football season. In their second season under head coach Harry Nelly, the Cadets compiled a 3–2 record, shut out two of their five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 57 to 32.[1] The team's two losses were to Yale and Harvard; the Army–Navy Game was not played in 1909.[2]

1909 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
CaptainDaniel Pullen
Home stadiumThe Plain
1909 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Tackle Daniel Pullen was selected by The New York Times as a second-team player on its All-America team.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2TuftsW 22–0
October 9Trinity (CT)
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 17–6
October 16Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–17[4]
October 23Lehigh
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 18–0
October 30Harvard
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–9
November 6at Springfield Training School
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
Cancelled

References

  1. "Army Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. "1909 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  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. "Yale Beats Army Team: Blue Piles Up Score in Second Half". New York Tribune. October 17, 1909. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.


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