1909 Indiana Hoosiers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1909
| team = Indiana Hoosiers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Western Conference
| short_conf = Western
| record = 4–3
| conf_record = 1–3
| head_coach = James M. Sheldon
| hc_year = 5th
| captain = Ashel Cunningham
| stadium = Jordan Field
}}
{{1909 Western Conference football standings}}
The 1909 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1909 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach James M. Sheldon, the Hoosiers compiled a 4–3 record, finished in a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 129 to 53.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=DePauw|title=DePauw}}
| site_stadium = Jordan Field
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 28–5
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Chicago
| site_stadium = Marshall Field
| site_cityst = Chicago, IL
| score = 0–21
| attend =
|source={{cite news |title=Saturday's Football|via=Chronicling America|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042373/1909-10-11/ed-1/seq-3/ |access-date=November 21, 2024 |publisher=The evening times |date=October 11, 1909 |page=3}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1909|team=Lake Forest Foresters|title=Lake Forest}}
| site_stadium = Jordan Field
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 27–5
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Wisconsin
| site_stadium = Randall Field
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 3–6
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Saint Louis
| site_stadium = League Park
| site_cityst = St. Louis, MO
| score = 30–0
| attend = 4,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Warner's Warriors Meet Indiana To-day |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115932910/st-louis-globe-democrat/ |newspaper=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=October 30, 1909 |page=10 |access-date=January 6, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Hoosiers Humble St. Louis U., 30-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115932769/st-louis-globe-democrat/ |newspaper=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=October 31, 1909 |page=1B |access-date=January 6, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Illinois Field
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 5–6
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 20
| w/l = w
| opponent = Purdue
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 36–3
| attend =
|source={{cite news |title=Purdue Bites Dust |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86058226/1909-11-21/ed-1/seq-2 |access-date=November 21, 2024 |publisher=The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram |date=November 21, 1909 |location=Richmond, Virginia |page=2}}
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=1909 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/indiana/1909-schedule.html |website=College Football @ Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=December 29, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=1909 Football Schedule |url=https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/football/schedule/1909 |publisher=Indiana University |access-date=December 29, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Indiana Football 2023 Record Book |url=https://static.iuhoosiers.com/custompages/pdf/fb/2023/23-FB-Record_Book_Full.pdf |publisher=Indiana University |page=11 |access-date=December 29, 2023 }}
References
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