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
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

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.
  5. "Lafayette Makes Record Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1909. p. 32. Retrieved November 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Swarthmore Easy For Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1909. p. 33. Retrieved November 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.


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