1909 Western Conference football season

1909 Western Conference football season
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1909 Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Minnesota $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Chicago 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 1 – 2
Illinois 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Wisconsin 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 1 – 1
Indiana 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Northwestern 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 3 – 1
Iowa 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
Purdue 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1909 Western Conference football season was the fourteenth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1909 college football season.

Season overview

Minnesota was declared the Western Conference champion with an undefeated league record of 3-0, going 6-1 overall. Their only loss was to former conference-mate Michigan, in the first-ever game played for the Little Brown Jug.

After finishing the last two seasons as conference champion, Chicago came in second at 4-1-2 (4-1-1 in league play). Illinois was third at 5-2 (3-1) and Wisconsin fourth with an overall record of 3-1-1 (2-1-1), which rounded out the schools with league records over .500.

Indiana wound up at 4-3, but went 1-3 in conference play; tying Northwestern, who finished overall at 1-3-1.

Iowa and Purdue went winless on the year, but both managed to secure two non-conference victories.

Minnesota

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Lawrence*
W 25–03,000
October 2Iowa
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 41–06,000[1]
October 9Iowa State*
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 18–02,000
October 16vs. Nebraska*Omaha, NE (rivalry)W 14–07,000
October 30Chicago
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 20–626,000
November 13at Wisconsin
W 34–67,500
November 201:01 p.m.Michigan*
L 6–1522,000–25,000

Chicago

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 Purdue
W 40–0
October 9 Indiana
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 21–0
October 16 Illinois
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 14–8
October 30at Minnesota
L 6–2026,000
November 6 Northwestern
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 34–0
November 13at Cornell*
T 6–6
November 20 Wisconsin
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
T 6–6
  • *Non-conference game

Illinois

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Millikin*
W 23–0
October 9Kentucky State College*
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL
L 2–6
October 16at Chicago
L 8–14
October 30Purdue
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL(rivalry)
W 24–6
November 6Indiana
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 6–5
November 13at Northwestern
W 35–0
November 202:15 p.m.at Syracuse*
W 17–87,000[2]
  • *Non-conference game

Wisconsin

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 9Lawrence*
W 22–0
October 23Indiana
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 6–3
October 30at Northwestern
W 21–11
November 13Minnesota
L 6–347,500
November 20at Chicago
T 6–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

Indiana

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2DePauw*
W 28–5[3]
October 9at Chicago
L 0–21[4]
October 16Lake Forest*
  • Jordan Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 27–5[5]
October 23at Wisconsin
L 3–6
October 304:00 p.m.at Saint Louis*
W 30–04,000[6][7]
November 6at Illinois
L 5–6
November 20PurdueBloomington, IN (rivalry)W 36–3[8]

[9][10][11]

Northwestern

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 2Illinois Wesleyan*
T 0–0
October 9at Purdue
W 14–5
October 30Wisconsin
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 11–21
November 6at Chicago
L 0–34
November 13Illinois
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 0–35
  • *Non-conference game

Iowa

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Minnesota
L 0–416,000[12]
October 9Cornell (IA)*
W 3–0[13]
October 23at Nebraska
T 6–6[14]
October 30Missouri
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
L 12–13[15]
November 6at Drake
L 14–175,000[16]
November 13Iowa State
W 16–0[17]
November 20at Kansas
L 7–20[18][19]
  • *Non-conference game

[20]

Purdue

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Chicago
L 0–40
October 9Northwestern
L 5–14
October 16DePauw*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 15–12
October 30at Illinois
L 6–24
November 6Wabash*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 17–18
November 13Rose Polytechnic*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 26–3
November 20at Indiana
L 3–36[21]
  • *Non-conference game

[22]

Bowl games

No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1909 season.

All-American honors

Main article: 1909 College Football All-America Team

Ends

Tackles

Centers

  • H. E. Farnum, Minnesota (WC-3)

Quarterbacks

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1909

Other selectors

  • NYT = The New York Times[24][25]
  • TC = Tommy Clark, noted sports writer whose work appeared in several papers[26][27][28][29][30]
  • UP = United Press consensus All-American team, based on selections from 22 of "the best football experts." The numbers shown in parentheses reflect the number of voters (out of the total of 22) who selected the person as a first-team All-American.[31]
  • AC = The Atlanta Constitution based on aggregating the All-America selections of ten leading Eastern newspapers. The numbers shown in parentheses reflect the number of voters (out of the total of 10) who selected the person as a first-team All-American.[32]

Bold = Consensus All-American[33]

  • 1 – First-team selection
  • 2 – Second-team selection
  • 3 – Third-team selection

All-Western selections

Main article: 1909 All-Western college football team
  • Harlan Page, End, Chicago (ECP-1, WE)
  • James Dean, End, Wisconsin (ECP-2, WE)
  • Walter Henry Rademacher, End, Minnesota (ECP-1)
  • James Walker, Tackle, Minnesota (ECP-1, WE)
  • F. E. Boyle, Tackle, Wisconsin (ECP-2)
  • Homer W. Dutter, Tackle, Indiana (ECP-2)
  • Glenn D. Butzer, Guard, Illinois (ECP-2)
  • Harry W. Powers, Guard, Minnesota (ECP-2)
  • Henry E. Farnum, Center, Minnesota (ECP-1)
  • John McGovern, Quarterback, Minnesota (ECP-1, WE) (CFHOF)
  • Otto E. Seiler, Quarterback, Illinois (ECP-2)
  • William Lucas Crawley, Halfback, Chicago (ECP-2)

References

  1. ^ Frank E. Force (October 3, 1909). "Gophers Swamp Iowa by Brilliant Play: Gophers Trample over Hawkeyes Winning Easily by Score of 41 to 0". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. pp. 1, 3 (sporting section) – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Victory For Illinois By Score Of 17 To 8". The Syracuse Herald. Syracuse, New York. November 21, 1909. p. 1B. Retrieved December 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
  3. ^ "1909 Football Schedule - DePauw University". DePauw University. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "Saturday's Football". The evening times. October 11, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved November 21, 2024 – via Chronicling America.
  5. ^ "Football Results". Rock Island Argus. October 18, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "Warner's Warriors Meet Indiana To-day". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 30, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved January 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. ^ "Hoosiers Humble St. Louis U., 30-0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 31, 1909. p. 1B. Retrieved January 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
  8. ^ "Purdue Bites Dust". Richmond, Virginia: The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. November 21, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  9. ^ "1909 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  10. ^ "1909 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  11. ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 11. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  12. ^ Frank E. Force (October 3, 1909). "Gophers Swamp Iowa by Brilliant Play: Gophers Trample over Hawkeyes Winning Easily by Score of 41 to 0". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. pp. 1, 3 (sporting section) – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Iowa Won From Cornell: Close Score Was 3 to 0; Brilliant Exhibition of Early Season Football was Given". The Iowa Citizen. October 11, 1909. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Hawkeye Team Held To a Tie: The Cornhuskers Met a Very Worthy Foe In the Players From Iowa City". The Lincoln Daily Star. October 24, 1909. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Iowa Bows To Missouri: Let the Visitors Win Game; Close Score of 12 to 13 Tells Relative Consistency of Teams". The Iowa City Citizen. November 1, 1909. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Drake Wins Fierce Contest With Iowa". The Register and Leader (Des Moines, Iowa). November 7, 1909. pp. 1, 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Won Great Victory: Iowa Humbled Her Ancient Adversary from Ames; Score Was 16 to 0 for Her". The Iowa City Citizen. November 15, 1909. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Kansas Takes Scalps: Iowa Lost Saturday 20 to 7". Iowa City Citizen. November 22, 1909. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Iowa Goes Down Before Kansas; Only Tigers Left". The Topeka Daily Capital. November 21, 1909. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Cite error: The named reference MG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  21. ^ "Purdue Bites Dust". Richmond, Virginia: The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. November 21, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  22. ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 81. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  23. ^ "Six Yale Men on Camp's First Team" (PDF). The New York Times. December 19, 1909.
  24. ^ "All-America Team Picked on Form Shown During 1909: Problems Confronting Experts Who Take Up This Thankless and Difficult Task of Choosing the So-Called "Best."" (PDF). The New York Times. November 28, 1909.
  25. ^ "Benbrook of Michigan Is Picked For First Team--Captain Allerdice and Magidsohn Are on Second--Western Football Receives Warm Praise". Detroit Free Press. December 15, 1909. p. 11. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013.
  26. ^ "All-American Team Chosen". The Daily Review. Decatur, IL. December 1, 1909.
  27. ^ Tommy Clark (December 6, 1909). "All American Football Team For Season Of 1909". Lowell Sun.
  28. ^ Tommy Clark (December 8, 1909). "The All American Team Has Been Selected". The Piqua Daily Call.
  29. ^ Tommy Clark (December 9, 1909). "All American Football Team For Season Of 1909". Fresno Morning Republican.
  30. ^ Tommy Clark (December 5, 1909). "All American Football Team For Season Of 1909". Waterloo Times-Tribune.
  31. ^ "Greatest Football Team Is Selected". The Des Moines News. December 26, 1909.
  32. ^ Cite error: The named reference AC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  33. ^ Cite error: The named reference AW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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