1909 Lafayette football team

1909 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–0–1
Head coach	Bob Folwell (1st season)
Captain	Arthur Blaicher
Home stadium	March 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 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
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

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 .