1909 Colgate football team

American college football season

1909 Colgate football

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–2–1
Head coach|

* R. M. Brown (1st season)

Captain| E. T. MacDonnell
Home stadium| Whitnall Field

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1909 Eastern college football independents records

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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 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach R. M. Brown, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record. E. T. MacDonnell was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 2| | at Brown|

* Andrews Field
* Providence, RI

| L 0–14| |
October 9| | Hamilton|

* Whitnall Field
* Hamilton, NY

| W 48–0| |
October 16| | St. Lawrence|

* Whitnall Field
* Hamilton, NY

| W 58–0| |
October 23| | at Yale|

* Yale Field
* New Haven, CT

| L 0–36| | [3]
October 30| | Trinity (CT)|

* Whitnall Field
* Hamilton, NY

| T 0–0| | [4]
November 6| | at Rochester| Rochester, NY| W 21–0| |
November 13| 2:10 p.m.| at Syracuse|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY (rivalry)

| W 6–5| 15,000| [5][6]
November 25| 3:00 p.m.| at Carnegie Tech|

* Leeds Field
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 38–6| | [7][8]

## References

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1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 126. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. ^ "1909 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. ^ "Yale Easy Victor: Two Goals by Coy; Blue Piles Up Big Total Against Colgate Eleven". New York Tribune. October 24, 1909. p. 10 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Good Game For Trinity". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 1, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved August 19, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ "Annual Syracuse-Colgate Game In Stadium To-day". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. November 13, 1909. p. 16. Retrieved December 26, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "Colgate Victorious In Brilliant Game". The Syracuse Herald. Syracuse, New York. November 14, 1909. pp. 1A, 3A. Retrieved December 26, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "Carnegie Tech Team Ready For Colgate". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1909. p. 14. Retrieved September 17, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ "Colgate's Classy Warriors Overwhelm Carnegie Tech". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .

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