1909 Boston College football team

American college football season

1909 Boston College football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–1
Head coach	Thomas H. Maguire (1st season)
Captain	George Pearce
Seasons← 1908 1910 →

1909 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	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
New Hampshire		–		3	–	4	–	0
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 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1909 college football season. Led by Thomas H. Maguire in his first and only season as head coach, Boston College compiled a record of 3–4–1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 9	St. Alphonsus	Massachusetts Avenue Grounds	L 0–6
October 13	at Phillips Academy	Andover, MA	L 0–10
October 16	at Rhode Island State	Kingston, RI	L 0–9
October 20	College of Osteopathy	Boston College athletic grounds Chestnut Hill, MA	W 35–0
October 23	at New Hampshire	Durham, NH	L 6–11
October 30	Saint Anselm	Massachusetts Avenue Grounds	T 6–6
November 13	at Connecticut	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 17–0
November 25	at Saint Anselm	Varick Park Manchester, NH	W 7–0

References

"Dr. Maguire Chosen". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 28, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"R.I.S.C. 9, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. October 17, 1909. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
"B. C. 35, College of Osteopathy 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1909. p. 5. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"New Hampshire, 11; Boston College, 6". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 17, no. 3. December 1909. pp. 52–53. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
"Score A Tie At 6 To 6". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 31, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved May 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"Boston College 17, Conn A. C. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
"Boston College By 7 To 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 26, 1909. p. 5. Retrieved May 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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