1909 Vermont Green and Gold football team

1909 Vermont Green and Gold football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–2–2
Head coach	Ray B. Thomas (1st season)
Home stadium	Centennial 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 Vermont Green and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In their only year under head coach Ray B. Thomas, the team compiled a 4–2–2 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2	at Dartmouth	Alumni Oval Hanover, NH	T 0–0	[1]
October 9	St. Lawrence	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 16–0	[2]
October 16	at Wesleyan	Andrus Field Middletown, CT	T 5–5	[3]
October 23	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–16	[4]
October 27	Norwich	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 11–0	[5]
October 30	New Hampshire	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 11–0	[6][7]
November 6	at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 5–0	[8]
November 13	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	L 0–17	[9]

References

1. "Many trick plays used but Dartmouth fails to score on Vermont". The Baltimore Sun. October 3, 1909. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Easy victory for Vermont". The Burlington Free Press. October 11, 1909. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Broke even on score". St. Albans Daily Messenger. October 18, 1909. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Triple pass in Cornell victory". Democrat and Chronicle. October 24, 1909. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Vermont trims Norwich". Vermont Watchman and State Journal. October 28, 1909. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Vermont wins last home game". The Burlington Free Press. November 1, 1909. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Vermont, 11; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 17, no. 3. December 1909. pp. 53–54. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
8. "Vermont 5, Amherst 0". The Boston Globe. November 7, 1909. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Brown wins a game, Vermont no match for Providence eleven". New York Tribune. November 14, 1909. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.