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1909 Auburn Tigers football team

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1909 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–2 (4–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainWalker Reynolds
Home stadiumDrill Field
Seasons
← 1908
1910 →
1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sewanee $ 4 0 0 6 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 0 7 3 0
Alabama 4 1 1 5 1 2
LSU 3 1 0 6 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 2 0 7 2 0
Auburn 4 2 0 5 2 0
Howard (AL) 2 2 0 5 2 1
Clemson 2 2 0 6 3 0
Ole Miss 1 2 1 4 3 2
Georgia 1 4 1 1 4 2
The Citadel 0 1 1 4 3 2
Mississippi A&M 0 3 0 5 4 0
Mercer 0 4 0 3 5 0
Tennessee 0 5 0 1 6 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1909 Auburn Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now known As Auburn University) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1909 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Mike Donahue, the team compiled an overall record of 5–2, with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing sixth in the SIAA.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Howard (AL)
W 11–0[2]
October 9Gordon College*
W 46–0[3]
October 16at MercerMacon, GAW 23–5[4]
October 23at VanderbiltL 0–17[5]
November 6at Georgia TechW 8–0[6]
November 13Sewanee
L 11–12[7]
November 25GeorgiaMontgomery, ALW 16–5[8]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1909 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Auburn shows little class against Howard". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 3, 1909. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Auburn walks over Gordon". The Atlanta Constitution. October 10, 1909. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Two field goals kicked by Auburn players". The Chattanooga Times. October 17, 1909. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Vanderbilt still master, Auburn eleven falls before McGugin's machine". The Nashville Tennessean. October 24, 1909. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Yellow Jackets play great ball, but are beaten by Auburn". The Atlanta Constitution. November 7, 1909. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sewanee 12, Auburn 11". The Journal and Tribune. November 14, 1909. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Georgia's game fight prevents big score". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 26, 1909. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.