1909 Lafayette football team

American college football season

1909 Lafayette football

Conference| Independent
Record| 7–0–1
Head coach|

* Bob Folwell (1st season)

Captain| Arthur Blaicher
Home stadium| March Field

Seasons

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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
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 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]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 2| Wyoming Seminary|

* March Field
* Easton, PA

| W 23–0| [4]
October 9| Hobart|

* March Field
* Easton, PA

| W 50–0| [5]
October 16| Swarthmore|

* March Field
* Easton, PA

| W 22–0| [6]
October 23| at Princeton|

* University Field
* Princeton, NJ

| W 6–0| [7]
November 6| at Penn| Philadelphia, PA| T 6–6| [8][9]
November 13| Stroudsburg Normal|

* March Field
* Easton, PA

| W 43–0| [10]
November 20| at Lehigh| South Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)| W 5–0| [11]
November 25| Dickinson|

* 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 .

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