1909 William & Mary
1–1 (1–0 Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), coached by George E. O’Hearn. The season’s Wikipedia article records 6–4, over 10 games to the two on file here. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Richmond 15–0Nov 20
By 15 points, its widest win.
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Richmond 15–0; Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions.
In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).
Games missing from our records
Wikipedia’s season articles and Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1910) list eight games of William & Mary’s 1909 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | vsNorfolk Bluesclub | W 3–0 | William & Mary’s article |
| Oct 9 | atVMI | L 0–6 | VMI’s article, William & Mary’s article |
| Oct 11 | vsMedical College of Virginia | W 6–0 | William & Mary’s article |
| Oct 16 | vsEpiscopal High Schoolschool | W 9–0 | William & Mary’s article, Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1910 |
| Oct 23 | vsRandolph Macon | L 3–15 | William & Mary’s article, Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1910 |
| Oct 30 | atHampden Sydney | L 3–22 | William & Mary’s article, Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1910 (both teams’ records) |
| Nov 6 | atNorfolk High Schoolschool | W 11–0 | William & Mary’s article, Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1910Spalding’s guide gives William & Mary 3–0. |
| Nov 25 | atHampden Sydney | W 15–8 | William & Mary’s article |
Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions1–0 in the conference
- Record
- 1–1
- Conference
- 1–0 first in Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 15–30
- Coach
- George E. O’Hearn
- Elo
- 1465 +11 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- James G. Driver
1909 Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 William & Mary | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
 Richmond | 0–1 | 3–5–2 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.