1909 NYU Violets football team

The 1909 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In their third year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 6–0–1 record.

1909 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 9Rhode Island StateW 7–0[1]
October 16Haverford
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 29–0[2]
October 23at StevensHoboken, NJW 28–0[3]
November 2Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–124,000[4]
November 6Rutgers
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 11–0[5]
November 13at LehighT 6–6[6]
November 20Union (NY)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 47–0[7]
November 25Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
No contest [8]

References

  1. "Gridiron victory for N.Y.U." The New York Times. October 10, 1909. p. 34. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Victory for N.Y.U." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 17, 1909. p. 19. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "N.Y.U. again does well". The Sun. October 24, 1909. p. 12. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Wesleyan loses by single point". The Hartford Daily Courant. November 3, 1909. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Rutgers easy for N.Y.U." The New York Times. November 7, 1909. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lehigh played to standstill". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 14, 1909. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Union no match for N.Y.U." The New York Times. November 21, 1909. p. 32. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "N.Y.U. and Trinity fail to play". The New York Times. November 26, 1909. p. 7. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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