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1909 Springfield Training School football team

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1909 Springfield Training School football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam N. Howard
Seasons
← 1908
1910 →
1909 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     10 0 0
Lafayette     7 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     9 1 0
Harvard     9 1 0
Penn State     5 0 2
Washington & Jefferson     8 1 1
Springfield Training School     5 1 0
NYU     6 1 1
Ursinus     6 1 1
Penn     7 1 2
Trinity (CT)     6 1 2
Dartmouth     5 1 2
Fordham     5 1 2
Princeton     6 2 1
Pittsburgh     6 2 1
Carlisle     8 3 1
Colgate     5 2 1
Brown     7 3 1
Geneva     4 2 0
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Vermont     4 2 2
Lehigh     4 3 2
Army     3 2 0
Villanova     3 2 0
Dickinson     4 4 1
Syracuse     4 5 1
Bucknell     3 4 2
Boston College     3 4 1
Cornell     3 4 1
Rhode Island State     3 4 0
Rutgers     3 5 1
Wesleyan     3 5 1
Holy Cross     2 4 2
Swarthmore     2 5 0
Drexel     1 5 3
Tufts     2 6 0
Amherst     1 6 1
Temple     0 4 1

The 1909 Springfield Training School football team was an American football team that represented the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School—now known as Springfield College–as an independent during the 1909 college football season. Led by 12th-year head coach James H. McCurdy, Springfield compiled a record of 5–1.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25ConnecticutSpringfield, MACancelled [2]
October 2at AmherstW 6–5[3][4]
October 9at YaleL 0–366,000[5]
Williston SeminarySpringfield, MAW 6–0
October 23Worcester TechSpringfield, MAW 17–0
October 30at Tufts
W 6–5[6]
November 6at ArmyCancelled
November 13MassachusettsSpringfield, MAW 18–6[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Springfield College Football All-Time Results". Springfield College Athletics. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Football At Storrs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 25, 1909. p. 13. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Springfield 6, Amherst 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 1909. p. 13. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Amherst Is Beaten". The Sun. New York, New York. October 3, 1909. p. 11. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Hobbs Stars for Yale". The New York Times. October 10, 1909. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Springfield 6, Tufts 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 31, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Football Results". North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. November 15, 1909. p. 6. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.