1909 Cornell Big Red football team

1909 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–1
Head coach	George Walder (1st season)
Captain	A. F. Tydeman
Home stadium	Percy Field

1909 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
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 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1909 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Walder, the Big Red compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 66 to 65.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	RPI	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 16–3
October 9	Oberlin	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 16–6
October 16	Fordham	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–12
October 23	Vermont	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 16–0		[3]
October 30	Williams	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–3
November 6	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–18
November 13	Chicago	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	T 6–6
November 25	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 6–17	20,000	[4]

References

1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1905–1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "1909 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
3. "Triple pass in Cornell victory". Democrat and Chronicle. October 24, 1909. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "In Mud and Slush Penn Beats Cornell 17-6: Penn Rises To Occasion and Beats Cornell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 26, 1909. pp. 1, 13 – via Newspapers.com.