1909 Northwestern Purple football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1909

| team = Northwestern Purple

| sport = football

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| conference = Western Conference

| short_conf = Western

| record = 1–3–1

| conf_record = 1–3

| head_coach = Bill Horr

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Dave August

| stadium = Northwestern Field

}}

{{1909 Western Conference football standings}}

The 1909 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1909 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach Bill Horr, the Purple compiled a 1–3–1 record (1–3 against Western Conference opponents) and finished in sixth place in the Western Conference.{{cite web|title=1909 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 22, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1909-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide|publisher=Northwestern University|page=106|access-date=June 16, 2018|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nusports.com/documents/2017/7/21/Northwestern_2017_Media_Guide.pdf}}