1909 Lafayette football team

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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]

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–1
Headcoach
CaptainArthur Blaicher
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1909 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–1
Head coach
CaptainArthur Blaicher
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1908
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1909 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 10–0–0
Lafayette â€“ 7–0–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 9–1–0
Harvard â€“ 9–1–0
Penn State â€“ 5–0–2
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 8–1–1
Springfield Training School â€“ 5–1–0
NYU â€“ 6–1–1
Ursinus â€“ 6–1–1
Penn â€“ 7–1–2
Trinity (CT) â€“ 6–1–2
Dartmouth â€“ 5–1–2
Fordham â€“ 5–1–2
Princeton â€“ 6–2–1
Pittsburgh â€“ 6–2–1
Carlisle â€“ 8–3–1
Colgate â€“ 5–2–1
Brown â€“ 7–3–1
Geneva â€“ 4–2–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 5–3–1
Vermont â€“ 4–2–2
Lehigh â€“ 4–3–2
Army â€“ 3–2–0
Villanova â€“ 3–2–0
Dickinson â€“ 4–4–1
Syracuse â€“ 4–5–1
Bucknell â€“ 3–4–2
Boston College â€“ 3–4–1
Cornell â€“ 3–4–1
New Hampshire â€“ 3–4–0
Rhode Island State â€“ 3–4–0
Rutgers â€“ 3–5–1
Wesleyan â€“ 3–5–1
Holy Cross â€“ 2–4–2
Swarthmore â€“ 2–5–0
Drexel â€“ 1–5–3
Tufts â€“ 2–6–0
Amherst â€“ 1–6–1
Temple â€“ 0–4–1
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Wyoming Seminary
W 23–0[4]
October 9Hobart
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 50–0[5]
October 16Swarthmore
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 22–0[6]
October 23at PrincetonW 6–0[7]
November 6at PennPhiladelphia, PAT 6–6[8][9]
November 13Stroudsburg Normal
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 43–0[10]
November 20at LehighSouth Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 5–0[11]
November 25Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 5–0[12]
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