1909 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1909 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–3–2 (0–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Sam Costen (1st season)
Home stadium	College Park Stadium
Seasons ←  1908 1910  →

1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Sewanee $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
LSU	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Howard (AL)	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Georgia	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	4	–	2
The Citadel	0	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Mississippi A&M	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Mercer	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	2
$ – Conference champion

The 1909 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel Academy in the 1909 college football season. This was the fifth year of intercollegiate football at The Citadel, with Sam Costen serving as coach for the first season. The 1909 team was the first to be officially called the Bulldogs. The first road trip also took place on November 3, 1909 to play Davidson College at the County Fairgrounds in Orangeburg, SC. All other games are believed to have been played at Hampton Park at the site of the old race course. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2	College of Charleston *	Charleston, SC	W 36–0
October 9	Georgia	College Park Stadium Charleston, SC	T 0–0
October 16	Porter Military Academy *	Charleston, SC	W 99–0
October 23	College of Charleston*	Charleston, SC	W 21–5
October 30	West End Amateurs*	College Park Stadium Charleston, SC	W 31–0
November 3	vs. Davidson *	State Fairgrounds Columbia, SC	T 0–0	[4]
November 13	Clemson	College Park Stadium Charleston, SC	L 0–17
November 20	at Parris Island Marines *	Parris Island, SC	L 5–17
November 25	South Carolina *	College Park Stadium Charleston, SC	L 5–11	[5]
*Non-conference game

References

1. 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 143. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
2. "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
3. "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
4. "Davidson and The Citadel tie". Charlotte Daily Observer. November 4, 1909. Retrieved September 2, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Carolina wins in second half". The Daily Record. November 26, 1909. Retrieved January 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.