1909 LSU Tigers football team

1909 LSU Tigers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1909 record 6–2 (3–1 SIAA)
Head coach Joe Pritchard (first 5 games) (1st year)
John W. Mayhew (last 3 games) (1st year)
Home stadium State Field
1909 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Sewanee $ 4 – 0 – 0     6 – 1 – 0
LSU 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 1 – 2     5 – 1 – 2
Auburn 5 – 2 – 0     5 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Clemson 2 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 3 – 2
Gordon 1 – 2 – 0     1 – 2 – 0
Mississippi A&M 1 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Georgia 1 – 4 – 0     1 – 4 – 2
Memphis U. School 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0     3 – 4 – 0
Tennessee 0 – 5 – 0     1 – 6 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1909 LSU Tigers football team represented the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University during the 1909 college football season. The LSU team posted a 6–2 record, losing to Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion Sewanee and to an undefeated Arkansas, finishing second in the SIAA. John W. Mayhew, a former halfback at Brown, took over as coach for former Vanderbilt lineman Joe Pritchard midway through the season. Notable victories include those over Mississippi and Alabama.[1] College Football Hall of Fame inductee Doc Fenton started at quarterback. He was selected All-Southern by John Heisman.[2] End John Seip was selected such by Grantland Rice.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 2, 1909 Jackson Barracks-New Orleans* State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 70–0  
October 9, 1909 Mississippi (Ole Miss) State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 10-0  
October 16, 1909 vs. Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State) State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–0  
October 30, 1909 vs. Sewanee New Orleans, LA L 6-15  
November 4, 1909 vs. Louisiana Tech* Alexandria, LA W 23-0  
November 13, 1909 vs. Arkansas* Memphis, TN L 0-16  
November 18, 1909 Transylvania* State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 52-0  
November 25, 1909 vs. Alabama Birmingham, AL W 12-6  
*Non-conference game.

Roster

No. Player Position Height Weight Hometown High School
- John Albright - - - - -
- S. W. Brannon - - - - -
- Harmon Drew guard - - Minden, Louisiana -
- Doc Fenton quarterback - 165 Scranton, Pennsylvania Scranton
- Reuben Gill - - - - -
- J. O. Hall - - - - -
- Willie Hillman center - - Minden, Louisiana Minden
- Levi Himes - - - - -
- Roland Howell - - - - -
- Andrew McCollam - - - - -
- William Pollack - - - - -
- Warren Ryan - - - - -
- John Seip end 6'1" 185 Allentown, Pennsylvania -
- Robert L. Stovall center - - Dodson, Louisiana -
- Rowson Stovall - - - - -
- Arthur Thomas - - - - -
- L. R. Tilly - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -

Roster from Fanbase.com[3] and LSU: The Louisiana Tigers[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/1909-season.pdf
  2. ↑ "The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman". Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ http://www.fanbase.com/LSU-Fighting-Tigers-Football-1899/roster
  4. ↑ Hardesty, Dan. "LSU: The Louisiana Tigers". The Strode Publishers. Huntsville, Alabama. 1975. P. 334-345.
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