1909 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1909 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5–1
Head coach	Tad Jones (1st season)
Captain	Herbert Barry
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium
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 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1909 college football season. The head coach was Tad Jones, coaching his first season with the Orangemen. The team played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 25	Hamilton	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 20–0
October 2	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–15	[2]
October 9	Rochester	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 17–0
October 16	vs. Carlisle	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 11–14	[3]
October 23	Niagara	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 9–0
October 30	at Michigan	Ferry Field Detroit, Michigan	L 0–43
November 6	Bucknell	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 5–0
November 13	Colgate	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 5–6
November 20	Illinois	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 8–17
November 25	at Fordham	Hilltop Park [4] New York, NY	T 5–5

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References

1. "1909 Syracuse Orangemen Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
2. "Spectacular Plays in Yale's Victory". The New York Times. October 3, 1909. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Houser's Field Goal Wins For Indians". Buffalo Courier . Buffalo, New York. October 17, 1909. p. 53. Retrieved February 13, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Gotham Critics Score Syracuse". The Post Standard. Syracuse, NY. November 27, 1909. p. 16.
5. "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 9, 2017.