1909 Springfield Training School football team

1909 Springfield Training School football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–1
Head coach	James H. McCurdy (12th season)
Captain	William N. Howard

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 Springfield Training School football team was an American football team that represented the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School—now known as Springfield College–as an independent during the 1909 college football season. Led by 12th-year head coach James H. McCurdy, Springfield compiled a record of 5–1.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Connecticut	Springfield, MA	Cancelled		[2]
October 2	at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 6–5		[3][4]
October 9	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–36	6,000	[5]
	Williston Seminary	Springfield, MA	W 6–0
October 23	Worcester Tech	Springfield, MA	W 17–0
October 30	at Tufts	Tufts athletic field Medford, MA	W 6–5		[6]
November 6	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	Cancelled
November 13	Massachusetts	Springfield, MA	W 18–6		[7]

References

1. "Springfield College Football All-Time Results". Springfield College Athletics. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
2. "Football At Storrs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 25, 1909. p. 13. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Springfield 6, Amherst 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 1909. p. 13. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Amherst Is Beaten". The Sun. New York, New York. October 3, 1909. p. 11. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Hobbs Stars for Yale". The New York Times. October 10, 1909. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Springfield 6, Tufts 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 31, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Football Results". North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. November 15, 1909. p. 6. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .