1909 Northwestern Purple football team

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1909 Western Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Minnesota $	3	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Chicago	4	–	1	–	1			4	–	1	–	2
Illinois	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	1	–	1			3	–	1	–	1
Indiana	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	3	–	0			1	–	3	–	1
Iowa	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	4	–	1
Purdue	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	Illinois Wesleyan*	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	T 0–0
October 9	at Purdue	Stuart Field Lafayette, IN	W 14–5
October 30	Wisconsin	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 11–21
November 6	at Chicago	Marshall Field Chicago	L 0–34
November 13	Illinois	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 0–35
*Non-conference game