1909 Carlisle

8–⁠3–⁠1, coached by Pop Warner.

Schedule and results

Carlisle in 1909, game by game: won vs. Steelton YMCA 35–0; won vs. Lebanon Valley 36–0; won vs. Villanova 9–0; won vs. Bucknell 48–6; tied at Penn State 8–8; won vs. Syracuse 14–11; lost at Pittsburgh 3–14; lost at Pennsylvania 6–29; won at George Washington 9–5; won vs. Gettysburg 35–0; lost at Brown 8–21; won vs. Saint Louis 32–0+42−23Won 35–0 vs. Steelton YMCA+35Steelton YMCAWon 36–0 vs. Lebanon Valley+36Lebanon ValleyWon 9–0 vs. Villanova+9VillanovaWon 48–6 vs. Bucknell+42BucknellTied 8–8 at Penn State0Penn StateWon 14–11 vs. Syracuse+3SyracuseLost 3–14 at Pittsburgh-11PittsburghLost 6–29 at Pennsylvania-23PennsylvaniaWon 9–5 at George Washington+4George Washingt…Won 35–0 vs. Gettysburg+35GettysburgLost 8–21 at Brown-13BrownWon 32–0 vs. Saint Louis+32Saint Louis
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Saint Louis 32–⁠0.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 23 on file).

Photographs from 1909

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1909.

Record
8–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
243–⁠94
Coach
Pop Warner
Elo
1628 −33 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
13.3 No. 12 of 74 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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