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1909 Cornell Big Red football team

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1909 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainA. F. Tydeman
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons
← 1908
1910 →
1909 Eastern college football independents records
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
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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 RPI
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 6at HarvardL 0–18
November 13 Chicago
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
T 6–6
November 25at PennL 6–1720,000[4]

References

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  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.