1909 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

1909 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Edwin N. Snitjer (1st season)
Captain	Billy Hittner
Home stadium	Leeds Field
Seasons ←  1908 1910  →

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
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 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1909 college football season. Led by Edwin N. Snitjer in his first and only season as head coach, Carnegie Tech compiled a record of 5–3–1.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2		Westminster (PA)	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 12–0		[1]
October 9	4:00 p.m.	Waynesburg	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 18–0	3,000	[2]
October 16	3:00 p.m.	Western Reserve	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 6–5	3,000	[3] [4]
October 23	3:00 p.m.	Denison	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0		[5] [6]
October 30	3:00 p.m.	Lehigh	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 11–18		[7] [8]
November 6	3:00 p.m.	Franklin & Marshall	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 11–5	5,000	[9] [10] [11]
November 13		at Marietta	Marietta, OH	L 0–13	2,000	[12] [13]
November 20		at Allegheny	Meadville, PA	W 10–0		[14] [15]
November 25	3:00 p.m.	Colgate	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–38		[16] [17]
All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "Westminster Lost To Carnegie Tech". New Castle Herald. New Castle, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
2. "Waynesburg College Is Beaten By Tech Team". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1909. p. 15. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
3. "Tech Ready For Reserves". The Pittsburgh Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 16, 1909. p. 9. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Western Reserves Lose To Carnegie Tech Team". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1909. p. 18. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Tech And Denison To Play This Afternoon". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 23, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
6. "Denison And Tech Played With No Score". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 23, 1909. p. 20. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Plaid Eleven Is Ready To Meet Lehigh Team". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 30, 1909. p. 8. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
8. "Carnegie Tech Falls Before Lehigh Eleven". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1909. p. 15. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
9. "Carnegie Tech Confident Over Result of To-Day's Game". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 6, 1909. p. 8. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
10. "First Defeat for F. and M.: Her Fine Record Broken by Carnegie". The Daily New Era. November 8, 1909. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Their First Defeat". The Lancaster Morning Journal . Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 9, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
12. "Tech Ready For Marietta". The Pittsburgh Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 13, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
13. "Tech Is Beaten By Marietta Team". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1909. p. 19. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
14. "Tech Team Leaves To-Day". The Pittsburgh Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
15. "Allegheny Holds Tech To Ten-Nothing Score". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1909. p. 15. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
16. "Carnegie Tech Team Ready For Colgate". The Pittsburgh Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1909. p. 14. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
17. "Colgate's Classy Warriors Overwhelm Carnegie Tech". The Pittsburgh Post . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
18. "Carnegie Mellon Year-By-Year scores" (PDF). cmu.athletics.com. Retrieved September 24, 2019.