1909 college football season
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The 1909 college football season was the first for the 3-point field goal
, which had previously been worth 4 points. The season ran from Saturday, September 25, until Thanksgiving Day, November 25, although a few games were played on the week before.
The 1909 season was also one of the most dangerous in the history of college football. The third annual survey by the Chicago Tribune
at season's end showed that 10 college players had been killed, and 38 seriously injured in 1909, up from 6 fatalities and 14 maimings in 1908.
The Quakers of the University of Pennsylvania
and the Crimson of Harvard University
had finished 1908 unbeaten and once-tied, but both teams had lost several of their '08 starters.. In the South, the Tigers of Louisiana State University
(LSU) had been the nation's other major team to finish the season unbeaten and untied. Schools in the Midwest competed in the Western Conference, now called the Big Ten, consisting of Illinois, Indiana
, Iowa
, Minnesota, Northwestern
, Purdue
and Wisconsin
and Chicago
. Iowa was also a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, which included future Big 12 teams Iowa State
, Kansas
, Missouri
, and Nebraska
, as well as Drake
and Washington University in St. Louis
. In California, intercollegiate football programs (such as those of Stanford University
and the University of California
) had been discontinued after the 1905 season, and rugby
was the autumn intercollegiate sport.
Although there was no provision for a national championship, major teams played their regular schedules before facing their most difficult matches late in the season. The most eagerly anticipated games were the November 10
matchups, with Princeton
at Yale
, Dartmouth
at Harvard, Michigan
vs. Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia), and Cornell
at Chicago
.
Beginning in 1909, the worth of a field goal dropped from 4 points to 3 points. Touchdowns remained at 5 points. "This has come about gradually," noted one report, "owing to the feeling of players and spectators that two field kick goals should not be reckoned of greater value that a touchdown from which a goal is scored. As it is now, a touchdown if a goal results, counts six points, and two field goals count but six in the aggregate." For the first time, ineligible receivers were identified.
The rules in 1909 were:
played a Wednesday afternoon game on September 22 at home gainst Lebanon Valley, winning 30-0. The previous Saturday, they had beaten a non-college team from Steelton, Pennsylvania, 35-0.
On September 25, defending champion Pennsylvania
beat Gettysburg College 20-0 on two touchdowns, and a field goal by Edmund Thayer. Carlisle
beat visiting Villanova 9-0. Washington and Jefferson
defeated Denison College 13-2. Lehigh
beat Lebanon Valley 24-0. To the west, Ohio State
defeated Otterbein 14-0, Minnesota beat Lawrence 26-0, and Kansas
crushed Kansas Normal (now Emporia State) 55-0. St. Louis edged Shurtleff College 12-11. In the South, Virginia
defeated William and Mary 30-0 in a short (two 15 minute halves) game at home and Vanderbilt
defeated Southwestern Presbyterian (now Rhodes College) 52-0.
Defending co-champion Harvard
opened its season in a Wednesday afternoon game, beating Bates College 11-0 on September 29. In other home openers, Brown
beat Rhode Island 6-0, Yale
beat Wesleyan 11-0, and Dartmouth
beat Massachusetts 22-0. Pennsylvania
moved to 2-0-0 with a 22-0 win over Ursinus.
beat Colgate 12-0, Yale
defeated Syracuse 15-0 and Harvard
won against Bowdoin 17-0. Army opened its season with a 22-0 win over Tufts. Pennsylvania
earned its third win, over Dickinson, 28-0. Elsewhere, Auburn won 11-0 over Howard College (now Samford University), Pitt
defeated Ohio Northern 16-0, North Carolina
beat Wake Forest 18-0, Arkansas
won 24-0 over Henderson State, and Kansas
beat little St. Mary's College of Kansas 29-0. State College of Pennsylvania rolled over Grove City, 31-0, North Carolina A&M (now N.C. State) trampled Maryville (Tennessee) College 39-0. In Western Conference play, Chicago
overwhelmed Purdue 40-0, and Minnesota crushed Iowa 41-0. Carlisle
yielded a score in a 48-6 win over Bucknell, and Princeton
surrendered two touchdowns in a 47-12 win over Stevens. Dartmouth
was unable to score in a 0-0 tie with Vermont. Lehigh
lost at home to Franklin and Marshall, 10-0. In a game the day before, Virginia
held off Davidson, 11-0.
In four midweek games on October 6, Navy
opened its season with a 16-6 win over the other Annapolis school, St. John's College, and Princeton
defeated Villanova, 12-0. Yale
, in a 12-0 win over Holy Cross, and Brown
(which beat Bates, 17-0), both stayed unscored upon and upped their records to 3-0-0.
October 9: Fewer teams stayed unscored upon. Yale
won 33-0 over the Springfield Training School college team, Penn
defeated West Virginia 12-0, and Brown
won 10-0 over Amherst College. Further south, Virginia
beat St. John's of Maryland, 12-0. All four winners were 4-0-0. Harvard
was surprised by Williams College, which led in the first half before the Crimson eked out an 8-6 win, and Princeton
struggled against Fordham, averting defeat with a last minute field goal, 3-0. Pitt beat Marietta College, 12-0, and Lafayette
rolled 50-0 over Hobart College.
Opening their seasons were defending southern champion LSU
with a 10-0 triumph over visiting Ole Miss, Kansas
(11-0 over Oklahoma), Texas
(12-0 over Southwestern), Texas A&M
(17-0 over Austin), Wisconsin
opened with a 22-0 win over Lawrence College. and Michigan
, which struggled in a 3-0 win over Case. Alabama
defeated Howard College 14-0, and Arkansas
allowed at TD in beating Drury, 12-6. Western Conference games saw Chicago
beat Indiana 12-0 and Minnesota defeat Iowa State, 18-0, but Illinois was surprised by visiting Kentucky State College (later the University of Kentucky), 6-2. When the Kentucky team was welcomed home, Philip Carbusier said that they had "fought like wildcats", a nickname that stuck.. Navy
won 12-3 over Rutgers and Army beat Trinity College of Connecticut, 17-6.
The biggest game of the week was at Wilkes-Barre, where Penn State and Carlisle
met on neutral ground. Down 6-5 when Larry Vorhis missed the point after, State was up 8-6 on a Vorhis field goal. Vorhis was sacked in the end zone by Emil Wauseka during a punt return, and the game ended 8-8.
October 13: In a midweek game, Princeton
found itself losing 6-5 to visiting Virginia Tech after an interception was returned for a touchdown. The Tigers stayed unbeaten (4-0-0) on a drop kicked field goal in the last four minutes.
October 16: At Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
hosted Brown
. Both were unbeaten (4-0-0), and neither had been scored upon. Penn shut down the Bears offense and won 13-5. Yale
, also 4-0-0 in four shutouts, earned a fifth, handing Army its first defeat, 17-0. In an intersectional battle of Tigers, Princeton
handed visiting Sewanee its first defeat, 20-0. Once-tied Carlisle
faced Syracuse at New York's Polo Grounds
and won 14-11. Pitt yielded its first points in an 18-6 win over Bucknell, and Harvard
handled Maine, 17-0. Navy
was upset by Villanova, 11-6.
In the South, Virginia
, unbeaten (4-0-0) and unscored upon, was upset by a (1-1-1) Lehigh team, 11-7, in a game at Norfolk. LSU
beat Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State), 15-0. Alabama
edged Clemson, 3-0, at Birmingham. Arkansas
defeated Wichita State, 23-6. Texas A&M
and Texas Christian played a socreless tie. To the West, Chicago
beat Illinois, 14-8. Minnesota defeated Nebraska, 14-0. Michigan
handed Ohio State its 10th consecutive defeat. Kansas
defeated Kansas Agricultural (now Kansas State), 5-3, and Missouri
beat visiting Missouri School of Mines (of Rolla, now Missouri S & T) 13-0.
October 23: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(5-0-0) hosted Penn State (2-0-1) in a battle of unbeatens. Penn fumbled away two chances to score in the first half, but took a 3-0 lead on a 35 yard field goal. Penn State came within 15 yards of a touchdown, but settled for a dropkicked field goal to tie the Quakers.. Harvard
handed Brown
a second straight loss, 11-0. At Pittsburgh, Pitt hosted unbeaten (3-0-1) Carlisle and won 14-3. Yale Bulldogs
stayed unscored on and reached 6-0-0 with a 36-0 win over Colgate. The other major unbeaten team in the east, Princeton
, was upset by visiting Lafayette
, after the Leopards' Frank Irmschler blocked a field goal in the final six seconds and returned it 92 yards for a touchdown, winning 6-0 in what the New York Times termed "probably the most sensational finish that has ever been seen in a football game." Navy
was defeated at home, 5-0, by Virginia
.
In the South, Vanderbilt
hosted Auburn
in a meeting of 3-0-0 teams at Nashville, with Vandy winning 17-0. Alabama
and Ole Miss
played a scoreless tie at Jackson. Arkansas
defeated Oklahoma
21-6. Sewanee beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 15-0. To the West, Michigan
averted being tied by Marquette, 6-5. Wisconsin
beat Indiana 6-3. Missouri
was tied by Iowa State, 6-6, and Kansas
(4-0-0) hosted Washington of St. Louis (2-0-0) and won 23-0.
On October 30, the fatal injury of Army
player Eugene Byrne, at a game against visiting Harvard
, overshadowed the other games of the day. With ten minutes left to play, Byrne had broken his neck in a collision with three Harvard men. The game was halted with Harvard ahead, 9-0. Byrne died the next morning, and Army cancelled the remainder of its schedule, including the annual Army-Navy Game
.
In other contests Penn
beat Carlisle, 29-6. Princeton
beat Navy
at Annapolis, 5-3. The Lafayette Leopards
, who had upset Princeton the week before, tied Penn State, 6-6, giving the Nittany Lions a record of 2 wins, 3 ties, and no losses. Meanwhile, the Yale Bulldogs
remained unscored upon as they registered their seventh consecutive shutout, a 34-0 win over visiting Amherst College. Yale had an average score of 21-0 against its opposition, but still had to face Brown, Princeton and Harvard.
In Western Conference play (the future Big Ten) between two unbeatens, Minnesota defeated visiting Chicago
, 20-6. Wisconsin
won at Northwestern, 21-11. Further west, Missouri
edged Iowa, 13-12, and Kansas
won at Washburn, 17-0.
In a big game at New Orleans, the LSU Tigers
suffered their first defeat in almost two years, losing to Sewanee's Tigers, 15-6. At Nashville, Vanderbilt
beat Ole Miss, 17-0, and at Atlanta, Alabama beat Georgia, 14-0. Texas A&M
won at Baylor, 9-6. N.C. State (North Carolina A&M) beat visiting Maryland 31-0, Virginia
beat VMI 32-0, and Arkansas
clobbered Ouachita Baptist, 56-0. TCU
lost at Texas, 24-0.
In intersectional games, Michigan
beat visiting Syracuse 44-0, while Pittsburgh was upset by visiting Notre Dame, 6-0.
remained unscored upon, beating Brown
, 23-0. Harvard
beat Cornell 18-0, and Penn State beat Bucknell 33-0. Penn
averted a defeat by visiting Lafayette
, managing a 6-6 tie. Other ties were between Princeton
and Dartmouth (6-6), Pittsburgh and West Virginia (0-0), and Navy
and Washington & Jefferson (0-0). The "Jeffs" had a 7-0-0 record before meeting Navy, against smaller schools. To the west, previously unbeaten (5-0-0) Michigan
was upset at home by unheralded Notre Dame, 11-3. Michigan's Coach Fielding H. Yost told a reporter after the game, "I take my hat off to the Irishmen", and a story in the Detroit Free Press the next day made the "Fighting Irishmen" a nickname that would ever after stick with Notre Dame . Kansas
won at Nebraska 6-0, to stay unbeaten, and once-tied Missouri
beat Washington University of St. Louis, 5-0. Minnesota and Wisconsin
were both idle and preparing to meet at Madison on November 13. In the South, Vanderbilt
defeated visiting Tennessee, 23-0, and North Carolina A&M (N.C. State) won at Washington & Lee 3-0. Virginia
beat visiting VMI 32-0. LSU
had won earlier in a Thursday game at Louisiana Tech, 23-0. Further west, the University of California
played a football game, beating the University of Nevada 19-8, and the University of Colorado
beat the University of New Mexico, 53-0.. In a Monday game at Houston, Texas A&M
defeated Texas 23-0 to stay unbeaten.
November 13 saw a number of intersectional games. Previously unbeaten and untied Vanderbilt
(5-0-0) traveled to Columbus, O. and lost 5-0 to Ohio State. On the same afternoon, unbeaten (5-0-2) Pennsylvania
went to Ann Arbor to meet once-beaten (4-1-0) Michigan
, and sustained their first loss, 12-6. Penn State stayed unbeaten, reaching 5-0-2 after defeating visiting West Virginia 40-0. Lafayette
went to 5-0-1 after beating Stroudsburg, 43-0.
At a Western Conference game between two unbeatens at Madison, Wisconsin, Minnesota (5-0-0) faced Wisconsin
(3-0-0). The visitors won 34-6. In the MVIAA, Missouri
(5-0-1) hosted Drake (4-0-0 against smaller opponents), and Missouri won 22-6. Arkansas
(5-0-0) and LSU
(4-1-0) met at Memphis
, and the "Cardinals" of Arkansas won 16-0. Coach Hugo Bezdek
remarked that his players were like "a wild band of razorback hogs", giving Arkansas teams a new nickname. Alabama stayed unbeaten with a 10-0 win at Tennessee, and Texas A&M
reached 5-0-1 with a 47-0 win over visiting Trinity College of Dallas (and three days later at Dallas, A&M defeated Oklahoma, 14-8)
Kansas
and North Carolina A&M were idle. Virginia
won at Georgetown, 21-0, but the Cavaliers' halfback Christian Archer was fatally injured.
In the East, unbeaten, untied and unscored on Yale
(8-0-0) hosted once-beaten Princeton
(5-1-1). Yale had a ninth straight shutout, winning 17-0 in its last game before it would meet Harvard
, which raised its record to 8-0-0, defeating Dartmouth 12-3.
In other games played on November 20, unbeaten (6-0-0) Minnesota lost, at home, to once-beaten (5-1-0) Michigan
, 15-6. Kansas
stayed unbeaten with a 20-7 win over visiting Iowa. In its annual game against Lehigh, Lafayette
won 21-0, while at New Orleans, Alabama and Tulane played to a 5-5 tie.
Other teams closed out their seasons with games on Thanksgiving Day (November 25). At Kansas City
, the MVIAA championship came down to unbeaten (9-0-0) Kansas
against unbeaten and once-tied (6-0-1) Missouri
. The Missouri Tigers won, 12-6.
Arkansas
beat Washington University of St. Louis 32-0 to finish unbeaten and untied (7-0-0). Colorado
beat Colorado School of Mines 16-0 in a season with four college games, for a 6-0-0 finish.
Lafayette
beat Dickinson, Texas A&M
won at Texas, and Penn State won at Pittsburgh; the score was 5-0 in all three games, and all three winners finished unbeaten. At Norfolk, unbeaten North Carolina A & M (the future N.C. State) lost to once-beaten Virginia Tech, 18-5, and at Birmingham, unbeaten Alabama lost to LSU
, 12-6.
SOUTH
WEST
Field goal (football)
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, which had previously been worth 4 points. The season ran from Saturday, September 25, until Thanksgiving Day, November 25, although a few games were played on the week before.
The 1909 season was also one of the most dangerous in the history of college football. The third annual survey by the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
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at season's end showed that 10 college players had been killed, and 38 seriously injured in 1909, up from 6 fatalities and 14 maimings in 1908.
The Quakers of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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and the Crimson of Harvard University
Harvard University
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had finished 1908 unbeaten and once-tied, but both teams had lost several of their '08 starters.. In the South, the Tigers of Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
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(LSU) had been the nation's other major team to finish the season unbeaten and untied. Schools in the Midwest competed in the Western Conference, now called the Big Ten, consisting of Illinois, Indiana
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, Iowa
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, Minnesota, Northwestern
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, Purdue
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and Wisconsin
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and Chicago
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. Iowa was also a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, which included future Big 12 teams Iowa State
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, Kansas
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, Missouri
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, and Nebraska
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, as well as Drake
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and Washington University in St. Louis
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. In California, intercollegiate football programs (such as those of Stanford University
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and the University of California
University of California
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) had been discontinued after the 1905 season, and rugby
Rugby football
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was the autumn intercollegiate sport.
Although there was no provision for a national championship, major teams played their regular schedules before facing their most difficult matches late in the season. The most eagerly anticipated games were the November 10
November 1909
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in November 1909:-November 1, 1909 :...
matchups, with Princeton
Princeton Tigers football
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at Yale
Yale Bulldogs football
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, Dartmouth
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at Harvard, Michigan
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vs. Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia), and Cornell
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at Chicago
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.
Rules
The rules for American football in 1909 were significantly different than the ones of a century later, as many of the present conventions (100 yard field, four downs to gain ten yards, and the 6-point touchdown) would not be adopted until 1912..Beginning in 1909, the worth of a field goal dropped from 4 points to 3 points. Touchdowns remained at 5 points. "This has come about gradually," noted one report, "owing to the feeling of players and spectators that two field kick goals should not be reckoned of greater value that a touchdown from which a goal is scored. As it is now, a touchdown if a goal results, counts six points, and two field goals count but six in the aggregate." For the first time, ineligible receivers were identified.
The rules in 1909 were:
- Field 110 yards in length
- Kickoff made from midfield
- Three downs to gain ten yards
- Touchdown worth 5 points
- Field goal worth 3 points
- Game time based on agreement of the teams, not to exceed two 45 minute halves
- Forward pass legal, but subject to penalties
September
The Carlisle IndiansCarlisle Indians football
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played a Wednesday afternoon game on September 22 at home gainst Lebanon Valley, winning 30-0. The previous Saturday, they had beaten a non-college team from Steelton, Pennsylvania, 35-0.
On September 25, defending champion Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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beat Gettysburg College 20-0 on two touchdowns, and a field goal by Edmund Thayer. Carlisle
Carlisle Indians football
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beat visiting Villanova 9-0. Washington and Jefferson
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defeated Denison College 13-2. Lehigh
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beat Lebanon Valley 24-0. To the west, Ohio State
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defeated Otterbein 14-0, Minnesota beat Lawrence 26-0, and Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks football
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crushed Kansas Normal (now Emporia State) 55-0. St. Louis edged Shurtleff College 12-11. In the South, Virginia
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defeated William and Mary 30-0 in a short (two 15 minute halves) game at home and Vanderbilt
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defeated Southwestern Presbyterian (now Rhodes College) 52-0.
Defending co-champion Harvard
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opened its season in a Wednesday afternoon game, beating Bates College 11-0 on September 29. In other home openers, Brown
Brown University
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beat Rhode Island 6-0, Yale
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beat Wesleyan 11-0, and Dartmouth
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beat Massachusetts 22-0. Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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moved to 2-0-0 with a 22-0 win over Ursinus.
October
On October 2, BrownBrown University
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beat Colgate 12-0, Yale
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defeated Syracuse 15-0 and Harvard
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won against Bowdoin 17-0. Army opened its season with a 22-0 win over Tufts. Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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earned its third win, over Dickinson, 28-0. Elsewhere, Auburn won 11-0 over Howard College (now Samford University), Pitt
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defeated Ohio Northern 16-0, North Carolina
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beat Wake Forest 18-0, Arkansas
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won 24-0 over Henderson State, and Kansas
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beat little St. Mary's College of Kansas 29-0. State College of Pennsylvania rolled over Grove City, 31-0, North Carolina A&M (now N.C. State) trampled Maryville (Tennessee) College 39-0. In Western Conference play, Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
overwhelmed Purdue 40-0, and Minnesota crushed Iowa 41-0. Carlisle
Carlisle Indians football
The Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in intercollegiate football competition. The program was active from 1893 until 1917, when it was discontinued. During the program's 25 years, the Indians compiled a 167–88–13 record and 0.647 winning percentage,...
yielded a score in a 48-6 win over Bucknell, and Princeton
Princeton Tigers football
The Princeton Tigers football program represents Princeton University college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision...
surrendered two touchdowns in a 47-12 win over Stevens. Dartmouth
Dartmouth Big Green football
The Dartmouth Big Green football team represents Dartmouth College in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football competition as a member of the Ivy League...
was unable to score in a 0-0 tie with Vermont. Lehigh
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are the athletic teams representing Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. The Hawks participate in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Patriot League...
lost at home to Franklin and Marshall, 10-0. In a game the day before, Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
held off Davidson, 11-0.
In four midweek games on October 6, Navy
Navy Midshipmen football
The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I-A college football. They are a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007...
opened its season with a 16-6 win over the other Annapolis school, St. John's College, and Princeton
Princeton Tigers football
The Princeton Tigers football program represents Princeton University college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision...
defeated Villanova, 12-0. Yale
Yale Bulldogs football
The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Yale's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1872...
, in a 12-0 win over Holy Cross, and Brown
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
(which beat Bates, 17-0), both stayed unscored upon and upped their records to 3-0-0.
October 9: Fewer teams stayed unscored upon. Yale
Yale Bulldogs football
The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Yale's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1872...
won 33-0 over the Springfield Training School college team, Penn
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
defeated West Virginia 12-0, and Brown
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
won 10-0 over Amherst College. Further south, Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
beat St. John's of Maryland, 12-0. All four winners were 4-0-0. Harvard
Harvard Crimson football
The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1873...
was surprised by Williams College, which led in the first half before the Crimson eked out an 8-6 win, and Princeton
Princeton Tigers football
The Princeton Tigers football program represents Princeton University college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision...
struggled against Fordham, averting defeat with a last minute field goal, 3-0. Pitt beat Marietta College, 12-0, and Lafayette
Lafayette Leopards
The Lafayette Leopards represent the 23 Division I varsity athletic teams of Lafayette College and compete in the Patriot League. There are 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. The club teams also compete as the Leopards...
rolled 50-0 over Hobart College.
Opening their seasons were defending southern champion LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
with a 10-0 triumph over visiting Ole Miss, Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks football
The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference....
(11-0 over Oklahoma), Texas
Texas Longhorns football
The Texas Longhorns football program is the intercollegiate football team representing The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. The team currently competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National...
(12-0 over Southwestern), Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies football
The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...
(17-0 over Austin), Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
opened with a 22-0 win over Lawrence College. and Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
, which struggled in a 3-0 win over Case. Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football
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defeated Howard College 14-0, and Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
allowed at TD in beating Drury, 12-6. Western Conference games saw Chicago
Chicago Maroons football
The Chicago Maroons are the college football team representing the University of Chicago. The Maroons play in NCAA Division III as a member of the University Athletic Association. From 1892 to 1939, the Maroons were a major college football power...
beat Indiana 12-0 and Minnesota defeat Iowa State, 18-0, but Illinois was surprised by visiting Kentucky State College (later the University of Kentucky), 6-2. When the Kentucky team was welcomed home, Philip Carbusier said that they had "fought like wildcats", a nickname that stuck.. Navy
Navy Midshipmen football
The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I-A college football. They are a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007...
won 12-3 over Rutgers and Army beat Trinity College of Connecticut, 17-6.
The biggest game of the week was at Wilkes-Barre, where Penn State and Carlisle
Carlisle Indians football
The Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in intercollegiate football competition. The program was active from 1893 until 1917, when it was discontinued. During the program's 25 years, the Indians compiled a 167–88–13 record and 0.647 winning percentage,...
met on neutral ground. Down 6-5 when Larry Vorhis missed the point after, State was up 8-6 on a Vorhis field goal. Vorhis was sacked in the end zone by Emil Wauseka during a punt return, and the game ended 8-8.
October 13: In a midweek game, Princeton
Princeton Tigers football
The Princeton Tigers football program represents Princeton University college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision...
found itself losing 6-5 to visiting Virginia Tech after an interception was returned for a touchdown. The Tigers stayed unbeaten (4-0-0) on a drop kicked field goal in the last four minutes.
October 16: At Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
hosted Brown
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. Both were unbeaten (4-0-0), and neither had been scored upon. Penn shut down the Bears offense and won 13-5. Yale
Yale Bulldogs football
The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Yale's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1872...
, also 4-0-0 in four shutouts, earned a fifth, handing Army its first defeat, 17-0. In an intersectional battle of Tigers, Princeton
Princeton Tigers football
The Princeton Tigers football program represents Princeton University college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision...
handed visiting Sewanee its first defeat, 20-0. Once-tied Carlisle
Carlisle Indians football
The Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in intercollegiate football competition. The program was active from 1893 until 1917, when it was discontinued. During the program's 25 years, the Indians compiled a 167–88–13 record and 0.647 winning percentage,...
faced Syracuse at New York's Polo Grounds
Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...
and won 14-11. Pitt yielded its first points in an 18-6 win over Bucknell, and Harvard
Harvard Crimson football
The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1873...
handled Maine, 17-0. Navy
Navy Midshipmen football
The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I-A college football. They are a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007...
was upset by Villanova, 11-6.
In the South, Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
, unbeaten (4-0-0) and unscored upon, was upset by a (1-1-1) Lehigh team, 11-7, in a game at Norfolk. LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
beat Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State), 15-0. Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football
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edged Clemson, 3-0, at Birmingham. Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
defeated Wichita State, 23-6. Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies football
The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...
and Texas Christian played a socreless tie. To the West, Chicago
Chicago Maroons football
The Chicago Maroons are the college football team representing the University of Chicago. The Maroons play in NCAA Division III as a member of the University Athletic Association. From 1892 to 1939, the Maroons were a major college football power...
beat Illinois, 14-8. Minnesota defeated Nebraska, 14-0. Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
handed Ohio State its 10th consecutive defeat. Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks football
The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference....
defeated Kansas Agricultural (now Kansas State), 5-3, and Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
beat visiting Missouri School of Mines (of Rolla, now Missouri S & T) 13-0.
October 23: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
(5-0-0) hosted Penn State (2-0-1) in a battle of unbeatens. Penn fumbled away two chances to score in the first half, but took a 3-0 lead on a 35 yard field goal. Penn State came within 15 yards of a touchdown, but settled for a dropkicked field goal to tie the Quakers.. Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
handed Brown
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
a second straight loss, 11-0. At Pittsburgh, Pitt hosted unbeaten (3-0-1) Carlisle and won 14-3. Yale Bulldogs
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
stayed unscored on and reached 6-0-0 with a 36-0 win over Colgate. The other major unbeaten team in the east, Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, was upset by visiting Lafayette
Lafayette Leopards
The Lafayette Leopards represent the 23 Division I varsity athletic teams of Lafayette College and compete in the Patriot League. There are 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. The club teams also compete as the Leopards...
, after the Leopards' Frank Irmschler blocked a field goal in the final six seconds and returned it 92 yards for a touchdown, winning 6-0 in what the New York Times termed "probably the most sensational finish that has ever been seen in a football game." Navy
Navy Midshipmen football
The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I-A college football. They are a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007...
was defeated at home, 5-0, by Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
.
In the South, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores football
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...
hosted Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
in a meeting of 3-0-0 teams at Nashville, with Vandy winning 17-0. Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football
|TeamName = Alabama football |Image = Alabama Crimson Tide Logo.svg |ImageSize = 110 |Helmet = Alabama Football.png |ImageSize2 = 150 |CurrentSeason = 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team...
and Ole Miss
Ole Miss Rebels football
The football history of the University of Mississippi , includes the formation of the first football team in the state and is 26th on the list of college football's all-time winning programs...
played a scoreless tie at Jackson. Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
defeated Oklahoma
Oklahoma Sooners football
The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
21-6. Sewanee beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 15-0. To the West, Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
averted being tied by Marquette, 6-5. Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
beat Indiana 6-3. Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
was tied by Iowa State, 6-6, and Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks football
The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference....
(4-0-0) hosted Washington of St. Louis (2-0-0) and won 23-0.
On October 30, the fatal injury of Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
player Eugene Byrne, at a game against visiting Harvard
Harvard Crimson football
The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1873...
, overshadowed the other games of the day. With ten minutes left to play, Byrne had broken his neck in a collision with three Harvard men. The game was halted with Harvard ahead, 9-0. Byrne died the next morning, and Army cancelled the remainder of its schedule, including the annual Army-Navy Game
Army-Navy Game
The Army–Navy Game is an an American college football rivalry game between the teams of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. The USMA team, "Army", and the USNA team, "Navy", each represent their services' oldest...
.
In other contests Penn
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
beat Carlisle, 29-6. Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
beat Navy
Navy Midshipmen football
The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I-A college football. They are a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007...
at Annapolis, 5-3. The Lafayette Leopards
Lafayette Leopards
The Lafayette Leopards represent the 23 Division I varsity athletic teams of Lafayette College and compete in the Patriot League. There are 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. The club teams also compete as the Leopards...
, who had upset Princeton the week before, tied Penn State, 6-6, giving the Nittany Lions a record of 2 wins, 3 ties, and no losses. Meanwhile, the Yale Bulldogs
Yale Bulldogs football
The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Yale's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1872...
remained unscored upon as they registered their seventh consecutive shutout, a 34-0 win over visiting Amherst College. Yale had an average score of 21-0 against its opposition, but still had to face Brown, Princeton and Harvard.
In Western Conference play (the future Big Ten) between two unbeatens, Minnesota defeated visiting Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, 20-6. Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
won at Northwestern, 21-11. Further west, Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
edged Iowa, 13-12, and Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks football
The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference....
won at Washburn, 17-0.
In a big game at New Orleans, the LSU Tigers
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
suffered their first defeat in almost two years, losing to Sewanee's Tigers, 15-6. At Nashville, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores football
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...
beat Ole Miss, 17-0, and at Atlanta, Alabama beat Georgia, 14-0. Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies football
The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...
won at Baylor, 9-6. N.C. State (North Carolina A&M) beat visiting Maryland 31-0, Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
beat VMI 32-0, and Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
clobbered Ouachita Baptist, 56-0. TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
lost at Texas, 24-0.
In intersectional games, Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
beat visiting Syracuse 44-0, while Pittsburgh was upset by visiting Notre Dame, 6-0.
November
On November 6 YaleYale Bulldogs football
The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Yale's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1872...
remained unscored upon, beating Brown
Brown Bears
The Brown Bears is a name shared by all sports teams at Brown University, a university located in Providence, Rhode Island in the United States. The Bears are part of the Ivy League conference. Brown's mascot is Bruno. Both the men's and women's teams share the name, competing in 37 National...
, 23-0. Harvard
Harvard Crimson football
The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1873...
beat Cornell 18-0, and Penn State beat Bucknell 33-0. Penn
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
averted a defeat by visiting Lafayette
Lafayette Leopards
The Lafayette Leopards represent the 23 Division I varsity athletic teams of Lafayette College and compete in the Patriot League. There are 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. The club teams also compete as the Leopards...
, managing a 6-6 tie. Other ties were between Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and Dartmouth (6-6), Pittsburgh and West Virginia (0-0), and Navy
Navy Midshipmen football
The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I-A college football. They are a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007...
and Washington & Jefferson (0-0). The "Jeffs" had a 7-0-0 record before meeting Navy, against smaller schools. To the west, previously unbeaten (5-0-0) Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
was upset at home by unheralded Notre Dame, 11-3. Michigan's Coach Fielding H. Yost told a reporter after the game, "I take my hat off to the Irishmen", and a story in the Detroit Free Press the next day made the "Fighting Irishmen" a nickname that would ever after stick with Notre Dame . Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks football
The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference....
won at Nebraska 6-0, to stay unbeaten, and once-tied Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
beat Washington University of St. Louis, 5-0. Minnesota and Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
were both idle and preparing to meet at Madison on November 13. In the South, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores football
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...
defeated visiting Tennessee, 23-0, and North Carolina A&M (N.C. State) won at Washington & Lee 3-0. Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
beat visiting VMI 32-0. LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
had won earlier in a Thursday game at Louisiana Tech, 23-0. Further west, the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
played a football game, beating the University of Nevada 19-8, and the University of Colorado
Colorado Buffaloes
The University of Colorado Boulder sponsors 16 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's team are called the Buffaloes or Golden Buffaloes . "Lady Buffs" referred to the women's teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993...
beat the University of New Mexico, 53-0.. In a Monday game at Houston, Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies football
The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...
defeated Texas 23-0 to stay unbeaten.
November 13 saw a number of intersectional games. Previously unbeaten and untied Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores football
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...
(5-0-0) traveled to Columbus, O. and lost 5-0 to Ohio State. On the same afternoon, unbeaten (5-0-2) Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
went to Ann Arbor to meet once-beaten (4-1-0) Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
, and sustained their first loss, 12-6. Penn State stayed unbeaten, reaching 5-0-2 after defeating visiting West Virginia 40-0. Lafayette
Lafayette Leopards
The Lafayette Leopards represent the 23 Division I varsity athletic teams of Lafayette College and compete in the Patriot League. There are 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. The club teams also compete as the Leopards...
went to 5-0-1 after beating Stroudsburg, 43-0.
At a Western Conference game between two unbeatens at Madison, Wisconsin, Minnesota (5-0-0) faced Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
(3-0-0). The visitors won 34-6. In the MVIAA, Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
(5-0-1) hosted Drake (4-0-0 against smaller opponents), and Missouri won 22-6. Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
(5-0-0) and LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
(4-1-0) met at Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, and the "Cardinals" of Arkansas won 16-0. Coach Hugo Bezdek
Hugo Bezdek
Hugo Francis Bezdek was a Czech-American sports figure who played American football and was a coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He was the head football coach at the University of Oregon , the University of Arkansas , Penn State University , and Delaware Valley College...
remarked that his players were like "a wild band of razorback hogs", giving Arkansas teams a new nickname. Alabama stayed unbeaten with a 10-0 win at Tennessee, and Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies football
The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...
reached 5-0-1 with a 47-0 win over visiting Trinity College of Dallas (and three days later at Dallas, A&M defeated Oklahoma, 14-8)
Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks football
The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference....
and North Carolina A&M were idle. Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
won at Georgetown, 21-0, but the Cavaliers' halfback Christian Archer was fatally injured.
In the East, unbeaten, untied and unscored on Yale
Yale Bulldogs football
The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Yale's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1872...
(8-0-0) hosted once-beaten Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
(5-1-1). Yale had a ninth straight shutout, winning 17-0 in its last game before it would meet Harvard
Harvard Crimson football
The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1873...
, which raised its record to 8-0-0, defeating Dartmouth 12-3.
Yale vs. Harvard
- On November 20 YaleYale Bulldogs footballThe Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Yale's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1872...
, which had allowed no points in nine games, played its only away game of the season, facing the Harvard CrimsonHarvard Crimson footballThe Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1873...
, who had allowed only 9 points all season. Both teams were unbeaten and untied, and met before 38,000 at Cambridge. Yale's Carroll T. Cooney blocked a punt by Wayland Minot, who fell on the ball in the end zone for a safety, and a 2-0 Yale lead. Later, Stephen Philbin's 30 yard run brought Yale to the Harvard 20, and Ted CoyTed CoyEdward Harris "Ted" Coy was an American football player. Coy was selected as a first-team All-American three straight years from 1907 to 1909 and was later selected as the fullback on Walter Camp's All-Time All-America team. He also served as Yale's head football coach in 1910...
kicked a field goal for a 5-0 Yale lead at halftime. In the second half, Harvard made it past the 55 yard line only once, but still kept Yale out of its end zone. Coy managed another field goal late in the game, and Yale won 8-0.
In other games played on November 20, unbeaten (6-0-0) Minnesota lost, at home, to once-beaten (5-1-0) Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
, 15-6. Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks football
The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference....
stayed unbeaten with a 20-7 win over visiting Iowa. In its annual game against Lehigh, Lafayette
Lafayette College
Lafayette College is a private coeducational liberal arts and engineering college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter,son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown and citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832...
won 21-0, while at New Orleans, Alabama and Tulane played to a 5-5 tie.
Other teams closed out their seasons with games on Thanksgiving Day (November 25). At Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, the MVIAA championship came down to unbeaten (9-0-0) Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks football
The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference....
against unbeaten and once-tied (6-0-1) Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
. The Missouri Tigers won, 12-6.
Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
beat Washington University of St. Louis 32-0 to finish unbeaten and untied (7-0-0). Colorado
Colorado Buffaloes football
The Colorado Buffaloes football program represents the University of Colorado at Boulder in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team is currently a member of the Pacific-12 Conference, having previously been a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. Before joining the Big 12,...
beat Colorado School of Mines 16-0 in a season with four college games, for a 6-0-0 finish.
Lafayette
Lafayette Leopards
The Lafayette Leopards represent the 23 Division I varsity athletic teams of Lafayette College and compete in the Patriot League. There are 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. The club teams also compete as the Leopards...
beat Dickinson, Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies football
The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...
won at Texas, and Penn State won at Pittsburgh; the score was 5-0 in all three games, and all three winners finished unbeaten. At Norfolk, unbeaten North Carolina A & M (the future N.C. State) lost to once-beaten Virginia Tech, 18-5, and at Birmingham, unbeaten Alabama lost to LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
, 12-6.
Final standings of selected teams
EAST| TEAM | W | L | T | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Bulldogs Yale University Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States... |
10 | 0 | 0 | 206 | ..0 |
| Lafayette Leopards Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private coeducational liberal arts and engineering college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter,son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown and citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832... |
7 | 0 | 1 | 170 | ..6 |
| Penn State Nittany Lions | 5 | 0 | 2 | 166 | .11 |
| Harvard Crimson Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country... |
8 | 1 | 0 | 104 | .17 |
| Pennsylvania Quakers University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution... |
7 | 1 | 2 | 146 | .38 |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | 6 | 2 | 1 | .94 | .26 |
| Princeton Tigers Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.... |
6 | 2 | 1 | 101 | .50 |
| Brown Bears Brown Bears The Brown Bears is a name shared by all sports teams at Brown University, a university located in Providence, Rhode Island in the United States. The Bears are part of the Ivy League conference. Brown's mascot is Bruno. Both the men's and women's teams share the name, competing in 37 National... |
7 | 3 | 0 | 100 | .58 |
| Carlisle Indians | 7 | 3 | 1 | 208 | .94 |
| Army Cadets Army Black Knights football The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946.... |
3 | 2 | 0 | .57 | .32 |
| Navy Midshipmen Navy Midshipmen football The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I-A college football. They are a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007... |
4 | 3 | 1 | 104 | .37 |
SOUTH
| TEAM | W | L | T | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas Razorbacks football The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association... |
7 | 0 | 0 | 184 | .18 |
| Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Aggies football The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18... |
7 | 0 | 1 | 130 | .14 |
| Virginia Cavaliers Virginia Cavaliers football Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference... |
7 | 1 | 0 | 155 | .11 |
| Sewanee Tigers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 160 | .31 |
| Virginia Tech Hokies Virginia Tech Hokies football The Virginia Tech Hokies football team is a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-FBS, in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They have more wins in team history than any other program in the ACC. Their home games are played at Lane Stadium which seats over... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 148 | .27 |
| N.C. State Wolfpack | 5 | 1 | 0 | 105 | .24 |
| Alabama Crimson Tide | 5 | 1 | 2 | .68 | .17 |
| LSU Tigers LSU Tigers football The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as... |
6 | 2 | 0 | 188 | .37 |
| TCU Horned Frogs TCU Horned Frogs football The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football... |
5 | 2 | 1 | .95 | .33 |
| Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Commodores football The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference... |
7 | 3 | 0 | 210 | .32 |
WEST
| TEAM | W | L | T | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Tigers Missouri Tigers football The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996... |
7 | 0 | 1 | .86 | .35 |
| Kansas Jayhawks Kansas Jayhawks football The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference.... |
9 | 1 | 0 | 172 | .22 |
| Michigan Wolverines Michigan Wolverines football The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 145 | .28 |
| Minnesota Gophers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 158 | .27 |
| Chicago Maroons University of Chicago The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890... |
4 | 1 | 2 | 127 | .40 |
| Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers football The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football... |
3 | 1 | 1 | .81 | .54 |