1909 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1909 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University. The Crimson were led by second-year head coach Percy Haughton and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They finished the season with a 9–1 record.[1]

1909 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1
Head coach
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
 1908
1910 
1909 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale  1000
Lafayette  701
Franklin & Marshall  910
Harvard  910
Penn State  502
Washington & Jefferson  811
Springfield Training School  510
NYU  611
Ursinus  611
Penn  712
Trinity (CT)  612
Dartmouth  512
Fordham  512
Princeton  621
Pittsburgh  621
Carlisle  831
Colgate  521
Brown  731
Geneva  420
Carnegie Tech  531
Vermont  422
Lehigh  432
Army  320
Villanova  320
Dickinson  441
Syracuse  451
Bucknell  342
Boston College  341
Cornell  341
New Hampshire  340
Rhode Island State  340
Rutgers  351
Wesleyan  351
Holy Cross  242
Swarthmore  250
Drexel  153
Tufts  260
Amherst  161
Temple  041
Photo of the 1909 Harvard Crimson players in The Muscatine Journal.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29BatesW 11–0
October 2Bowdoin
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 17–0
October 9Williams
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 8–6
October 16Maine
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 17–0
October 23Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 11–0
October 30ArmyW 9–0
November 6Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 18–0
November 13Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 12–3
November 20Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–8[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 "1909 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "Yale Triumphs at Harvard; Coy's Two Goals From Field". The New York Times. November 21, 1909. p. 31 via Newspapers.com.