1909 Cornell Big Red football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1909
| team = Cornell Big Red
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 3–4–1
| head_coach = George Walder
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = A. F. Tydeman
| stadium = Percy Field
}}
{{1909 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1909 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1909 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Walder, the Big Red compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 66 to 65.{{cite web|title=Cornell Yearly Results (1905–1909)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=December 10, 2015|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/cornell/1905-1909_yearly_results.php|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110517/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/cornell/1905-1909_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=1909 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 10, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cornell/1909-schedule.html}}
Schedule
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|October 2| |{{cfb link|year=1909|team=RPI Engineers|title=RPI}}|Percy Field|Ithaca, NY|W 16-3||
|October 9| |{{cfb link|year=1909|team=Oberlin Yeomen|title=Oberlin}}|Percy Field|Ithaca, NY|W 16-6||
|October 16| |Fordham|Percy Field|Ithaca, NY|L 6-12||
|October 23| |Vermont|Percy Field|Ithaca, NY|W 16-0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79708914/triple-pass-in-cornell-victory/|work=Democrat and Chronicle|title=Triple pass in Cornell victory|date=October 24, 1909|accessdate=June 16, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 30| |{{cfb link|year=1909|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}}|Percy Field|Ithaca, NY|L 0-3||
|November 6|at|Harvard|Harvard Stadium|Boston, MA|L 0-18||
|November 13| |Chicago|Percy Field|Ithaca, NY|T 6-6||
|November 25|at|Penn|Franklin Field|Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)|L 6-17|20,000|{{cite news|title=In Mud and Slush Penn Beats Cornell 17-6: Penn Rises To Occasion and Beats Cornell|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 26, 1909|pages=1, 13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120887072/in-mud-and-slush-penn-beats-cornell/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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