1909 NYU Violets football team

1909 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–0–1
Head coach	Herman Olcott (3rd season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field

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
New Hampshire			–					3	–	4	–	0
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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 9	Rhode Island State	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 7–0		[1]
October 16	Haverford	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 29–0		[2]
October 23	at Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	W 28–0		[3]
November 2	Wesleyan	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 13–12	4,000	[4]
November 6	Rutgers	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 11–0		[5]
November 13	at Lehigh	Lehigh Field South Bethlehem, PA	T 6–6		[6]
November 20	Union (NY)	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 47–0		[7]
November 25	Trinity (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.