1909 Delaware football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1909
| team = Delaware
| team_link = Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
| sport = football
| image =
| conference = Independent
| record = 1–6–1
| head_coach = William McAvoy
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain =
| stadium =
}}
{{1909 Southern college football independents records}}
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.{{cite web|title=2012 Blue Hen Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Delaware|page=155|url=https://issuu.com/udbluehens/docs/2012footballguide|access-date=March 28, 2020}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = t
| opponent = Williamson
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Newark, DE
| score = 0–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=Haverford|title=Haverford}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Haverford, PA
| score = 0–3
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=Gettysburg|title=Gettysburg}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Gettysburg, PA
| score = 10–23
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Swarthmore
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Swarthmore, PA
| score = 0–46
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=Washington College Shoremen|title=Washington College}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Chestertown, MD
| score = 0–34
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| w/l = l
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=Western Maryland Green Terror|title=Western Maryland}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Newark, DE
| score = 6–11
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 20
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Franklin & Marshall
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Lancaster, PA
| score = 0–23
| source = {{cite news|title=F. and M. Beats Delaware: Delaware Goes To Pieces And Loses By Big Margin|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=November 21, 1909|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85464609/f-and-m-beats-delaware/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 25
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen|title=Lebanon Valley}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Newark, DE
| score = 6–0
}}
}}
References
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