1909 NYU Violets football team

1909 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
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1909 Eastern college football independents records
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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In their third year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 6–0–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 9Rhode Island State
W 7–0[1]
October 16Haverford
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 29–0[2]
October 23at StevensHoboken, NJW 28–0[3]
November 2Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–124,000[4]
November 6Rutgers
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 11–0[5]
November 13at Lehigh
T 6–6[6]
November 20Union (NY)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 47–0[7]
November 25Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
Cancelled [8]

References

  1. ^ "Gridiron victory for N.Y.U." The New York Times. October 10, 1909. p. 34. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Victory for N.Y.U." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 17, 1909. p. 19. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "N.Y.U. again does well". The Sun. October 24, 1909. p. 12. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wesleyan loses by single point". The Hartford Daily Courant. November 3, 1909. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rutgers easy for N.Y.U." The New York Times. November 7, 1909. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lehigh played to standstill". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 14, 1909. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Union no match for N.Y.U." The New York Times. November 21, 1909. p. 32. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "N.Y.U. and Trinity fail to play". The New York Times. November 26, 1909. p. 7. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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