1909 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1909 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Missouri Valley Conference, Western Conference
Record2–4–1 (0–1 MVC, 0–1 Western)
Head coach
CaptainH. R. "Raymond" Gross
Home stadium Iowa Field
Seasons
←  1908
1910  →
1909 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri $ 4 –0 –17 –0 –1
Kansas 3 –1 –08 –1 –0
Drake 2 –1 –06 –1 –0
Iowa 1 –3 –12 –4 –1
Iowa State 0 –2 –14 –3 –1
Nebraska 0 –1 –03 –3 –2
Washington University 0 –2 –03 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1909 Western Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Minnesota $ 3 –0 –06 –1 –0
Chicago 4 –1 –14 –1 –2
Illinois 3 –1 –05 –2 –0
Wisconsin 2 –1 –13 –1 –1
Indiana 1 –3 –04 –3 –0
Northwestern 1 –3 –01 –3 –1
Iowa 0 –1 –02 –4 –1
Purdue 0 –4 –02 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1909 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Iowa as a member of both the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and the Western Conference during the 1909 college football season. In their first year under head coach John G. Griffith, the Hawkeyes compiled a 2–4–1 record. [1] They were 1–3–1 in MVC games to finish in fourth place. In the Western Conference, the Hawkeyes played only one conference game, losing to rival Minnesota by a 41–0 score. [2]

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Tackle H.R. "Raymond" Gross was the team captain. [3] In 1909, Archie Alexander became the second African-American to play football at Iowa. (Frank Kinney Holbrook was the first.) [4]

The team played its home games at Iowa Field in Iowa City, Iowa.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Minnesota
L 0–416,000 [2]
October 9 Cornell (IA) *
W 3–0 [5]
October 23at Nebraska
T 6–6 [6]
October 30 Missouri
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
L 12–13 [7]
November 6at Drake
L 14–175,000 [8]
November 13 Iowa State
W 16–0 [9]
November 20at Kansas
L 7–20 [10] [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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Players

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References

  1. 1 2 "2022 Iowa Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa. p. 238.
  2. 1 2 Frank E. Force (October 3, 1909). "Gophers Swamp Iowa by Brilliant Play: Gophers Trample over Hawkeyes Winning Easily by Score of 41 to 0". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. pp. 1, 3 (sporting section) – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ 2022 Iowa Media Guide, p. 220.
  4. ↑ Matt Reisener (February 15, 2021). "How Black Trailblazers Have Shaped the History of Iowa Football for the Better". Hawkeye Football.
  5. ↑ "Iowa Won From Cornell: Close Score Was 3 to 0; Brilliant Exhibition of Early Season Football was Given". The Iowa Citizen. October 11, 1909. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Hawkeye Team Held To a Tie: The Cornhuskers Met a Very Worthy Foe In the Players From Iowa City". The Lincoln Daily Star. October 24, 1909. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Iowa Bows To Missouri: Let the Visitors Win Game; Close Score of 12 to 13 Tells Relative Consistency of Teams". The Iowa City Citizen. November 1, 1909. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Drake Wins Fierce Contest With Iowa". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). November 7, 1909. pp. 1, 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Won Great Victory: Iowa Humbled Her Ancient Adversary from Ames; Score Was 16 to 0 for Her". The Iowa City Citizen. November 15, 1909. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Kansas Takes Scalps: Iowa Lost Saturday 20 to 7". Iowa City Citizen. November 22, 1909. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Iowa Goes Down Before Kansas; Only Tigers Left". The Topeka Daily Capital. November 21, 1909. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ 2022 Media Guide.
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