1909 Colorado Silver and Gold football team
American college football season
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The 1909 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference (CFAC) during the 1909 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Fred Folsom, the team compiled a perfect 6â0 record (3â0 against CFAC members), won the conference championship, was unscored upon for the season, and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 0.[1]
- Fred Folsom (9th season)
| 1909 Colorado Silver and Gold football | |
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CFAC champion | |
| Conference | Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference |
| Record | 6â0 (3â0 CFAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Elmer Stirrett |
| Home stadium | Gamble Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado $ | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado College | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Mines | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Agricultural | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colorado sustained a 21-game win streak that began on November 26, 1908, and ended on October 12, 1912. It remains the longest such streak in program history.[2]
The 1909 season was the first for the CFAC; it was renamed as the Rocky Mountain Conference the following season.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 2 | Boulder High School* | W 3â0 | ||||||
| October 9 | Colorado alumni* |
| W 3â0 | |||||
| October 23 | Colorado Agricultural |
| W 57â0 | |||||
| November 6 | New Mexico* |
| W 53â0 | 1,500 | [3] | |||
| November 13 | 2:30 p.m. | at Colorado College | W 9â0 | [4][5] | ||||
| November 25 | at Colorado Mines | Golden, CO | W 16â0 | |||||
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