1909 New Hampshire football team

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The 1909 New Hampshire football team[b] was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts[c] during the 1909 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under first-year head coach Willard Gildersleeve,[4] the team finished with a record of 3–4.

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Headcoach
CaptainHarold C. Read[1][a]
Quick facts New Hampshire football, Conference ...
1909 New Hampshire football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
CaptainHarold C. Read[1][a]
Home stadiumCollege grounds, Durham, NH
Seasons
← 1908
1910 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
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

Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and three points for a field goal.[d] Teams played in the one-platoon system, and games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 at Holy Cross
L 0–13 [5][6]
October 9 at Maine Orono, ME (rivalry) L 0–16 [7]
October 16 Bates Durham, NH L 0–16 [8]
October 23 Boston College Durham, NH W 11–6 [9]
October 30 at Vermont
L 0–11 [10][11]
November 6 Massachusetts Manchester, NH (rivalry) W 17–0 [12]
November 13 Rhode Island State Durham, NH W 11–5 [13]
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Team

Varsity letters were awarded to 13 players and the team's student manager:[16]

Coach Gildersleeve was paid $400 ($14,333 in 2025) for coaching the team for the season.[18]

Notes

  1. [a]
    James M. Leonard had been selected as 1909 captain-elect at the close of the 1908 season, but he did not return to college.[2]
  2. [b]
    The school did not adopt the Wildcats nickname until February 1926;[3] before then, they were generally referred to as "the blue and white".
  3. [c]
    The school was often referred to as New Hampshire College or New Hampshire State College in newspapers of the era.
  4. [d]
    A field goal had been worth four points during 1904–1908, and five points in 1903 and earlier.

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