1909 Delaware football team

American college football season

1909 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Arkansas		–		7	–	0	–	0
Texas A&M		–		7	–	0	–	1
Mississippi College		–		3	–	0	–	0
Stetson		–		3	–	0	–	1
Kentucky State		–		9	–	1	–	0
Virginia		–		7	–	1	–	0
North Carolina A&M		–		6	–	1	–	0
VPI		–		6	–	1	–	0
Florida		–		6	–	1	–	1
Elon		–		4	–	1	–	0
Louisiana Industrial		–		4	–	1	–	0
Spring Hill		–		4	–	1	–	0
Catholic University		–		0	–	1	–	1
North Carolina		–		5	–	2	–	0
Kendall		–		2	–	1	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial		–		5	–	2	–	2
Marshall		–		3	–	2	–	1
VMI		–		4	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	3	–	1
Texas		–		4	–	3	–	1
Tulane		–		4	–	3	–	2
West Virginia		–		4	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee		–		4	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma		–		6	–	4	–	0
Georgetown		–		3	–	2	–	1
Oklahoma A&M		–		5	–	3	–	0
Davidson		–		3	–	4	–	2
George Washington		–		3	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga		–		2	–	3	–	2
Wake Forest		–		2	–	4	–	0
Maryland		–		2	–	5	–	0
South Carolina		–		2	–	6	–	0
Delaware		–		1	–	6	–	1

The 1909 Delaware football team was an American football team that represented Delaware College (later renamed the University of Delaware) as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its second year under head coach William McAvoy, the team compiled a 1–6–1 record.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2	Williamson	Newark, DE	T 0–0
October 9	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	L 0–3
October 23	at Gettysburg	Gettysburg, PA	L 10–23
October 30	at Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	L 0–46
November 6	at Washington College	Chestertown, MD	L 0–34
November 13	Western Maryland	Newark, DE	L 6–11
November 20	at Franklin & Marshall	Lancaster, PA	L 0–23	^[3]
November 25	Lebanon Valley	Newark, DE	W 6–0

^ "Delaware Yearly Results (1905–1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
^ "2012 Blue Hen Football Media Guide". University of Delaware. p. 155. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
^ "F. and M. Beats Delaware: Delaware Goes To Pieces And Loses By Big Margin". The Baltimore Sun. November 21, 1909. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

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