1909 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

1909 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainBilly Hittner
Home stadiumLeeds Field
Seasons
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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 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1909 college football season. Led by Edwin N. Snitjer in his first and only season as head coach, Carnegie Tech compiled a record of 5–3–1.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Westminster (PA)
W 12–0[1]
October 94:00 p.m.Waynesburg
  • Leeds Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 18–03,000[2]
October 163:00 p.m.Western Reserve
  • Leeds Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 6–53,000[3][4]
October 233:00 p.m.Denison
  • Leeds Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 0–0[5][6]
October 303:00 p.m.Lehigh
  • Leeds Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 11–18[7][8]
November 63:00 p.m.Franklin & Marshall
  • Leeds Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 11–55,000[9][10][11]
November 13at MariettaMarietta, OHL 0–132,000[12][13]
November 20at AlleghenyMeadville, PAW 10–0[14][15]
November 253:00 p.m.Colgate
  • Leeds Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 6–38[16][17]

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References

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  1. ^ "Westminster Lost To Carnegie Tech". New Castle Herald. New Castle, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Waynesburg College Is Beaten By Tech Team". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1909. p. 15. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Tech Ready For Reserves". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 16, 1909. p. 9. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Western Reserves Lose To Carnegie Tech Team". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1909. p. 18. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Tech And Denison To Play This Afternoon". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 23, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Denison And Tech Played With No Score". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 23, 1909. p. 20. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Plaid Eleven Is Ready To Meet Lehigh Team". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 30, 1909. p. 8. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Carnegie Tech Falls Before Lehigh Eleven". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1909. p. 15. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Carnegie Tech Confident Over Result of To-Day's Game". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 6, 1909. p. 8. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "First Defeat for F. and M.: Her Fine Record Broken by Carnegie". The Daily New Era. November 8, 1909. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Their First Defeat". The Lancaster Morning Journal. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 9, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Tech Ready For Marietta". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 13, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Tech Is Beaten By Marietta Team". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1909. p. 19. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Tech Team Leaves To-Day". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Allegheny Holds Tech To Ten-Nothing Score". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1909. p. 15. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Carnegie Tech Team Ready For Colgate". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1909. p. 14. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Colgate's Classy Warriors Overwhelm Carnegie Tech". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Carnegie Mellon Year-By-Year scores" (PDF). cmu.athletics.com. Retrieved September 24, 2019.