1909 Colorado Silver and Gold football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1909
| team = Colorado Silver and Gold
| sport = football
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| conference = Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference
| short_conf = CFAC
| record = 6–0
| conf_record = 3–0
| head_coach = Fred Folsom
| hc_year = 9th
| captain = Elmer Stirrett
| stadium = Gamble Field
| champion = CFAC champion
}}
{{1909 Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1909 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference (CFAC) during the 1909 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Fred Folsom, the team compiled a perfect 6–0 record (3–0 against CFAC members), won the conference championship, was unscored upon for the season, and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 0.{{cite web|title=2018 Colorado Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Colorado|year=2018|pages=154, 172|access-date=January 26, 2019|url=https://static.cubuffs.com/custompages/football/2018_Info_Guide/part_2-153-267.pdf}}
Colorado sustained a 21-game win streak that began on November 26, 1908, and ended on October 12, 1912. It remains the longest such streak in program history.2018 Colorado Football Media Guide, p. 254.
The 1909 season was the first for the CFAC; it was renamed as the Rocky Mountain Conference the following season.
Schedule
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|October 2|||Boulder High School
|October 9|||Colorado alumni
|October 23|||Colorado Agricultural|Gamble Field|Boulder, CO (rivalry)|W 57-0||
|November 6|||New Mexico
|November 13|2:30 p.m.|at|Colorado College|Washburn Field|Colorado Springs, CO|W 9-0||{{cite news|title=Colorado College and Colorado U.|newspaper=The Topeka State Journal|date=November 13, 1909|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-topeka-state-journal-colorado-colleg/139242781/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Boulder on Kicking|newspaper=The Butte Miner|date=November 14, 1909|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-butte-miner-boulder-on-kicking/139243013/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 25||at|{{cfb link|year=1909|team=Colorado Mines Orediggers|title=Colorado Mines}}||Golden, CO|W 16-0||
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{{cite web |author= |title=1909 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/colorado/1909-schedule.html |website=College Football @ Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=October 23, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=1909 Football Schedule |url=https://cubuffs.com/sports/football/schedule/1909 |publisher=University of Colorado Boulder |access-date=October 23, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Colorado Football 2023 Record Book |url=https://static.cubuffs.com/custompages/football/2023_Info_Guide/2023_Info_Guide.pdf |publisher=University of Colorado Boulder |page=10 |access-date=October 23, 2023 }}
References
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