1909 Washington football team

The 1909 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1909 college football season. In its second season under coach Gil Dobie, the team compiled a 7–0 record, shut out six of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 214 to 6.^[1] Melville Mucklestone was the team captain.

1909 Washington football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–0
Head coach	Gil Dobie (2nd season)
Captain	Melville Mucklestone
Home stadium	Denny Field
Seasons ← 1908 1910 →

1909 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington			–					7	–	0	–	0
St. Vincent's			–					6	–	0	–	0
Montana			–					6	–	0	–	1
Utah			–					4	–	1	–	0
Washington State			–					4	–	1	–	0
Denver			–					7	–	2	–	0
Arizona			–					3	–	1	–	0
New Mexico			–					4	–	2	–	0
USC			–					3	–	1	–	2
Oregon Agricultural			–					4	–	2	–	1
Oregon			–					3	–	2	–	0
Hawaii			–					2	–	2	–	0
Utah Agricultural			–					2	–	2	–	1
Idaho			–					3	–	4	–	0
Wyoming			–					3	–	5	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					1	–	3	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	USS Milwaukee	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 52–0	1,000
October 9	Queen Anne High School	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 34–0	1,500
October 23	Lincoln High School	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 20–0	1,500
October 30	vs. Idaho	Recreation Park Spokane, WA	W 50–0	3,000	[2][3]
November 6	Whitman	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 17–0	3,000	[4]
November 13	at Oregon Agricultural	College Field Corvallis, OR	W 21–0	1,000	[5]
November 25	Oregon	Denny Field Seattle, WA (rivalry, Thanksgiving)	W 20–6	7,000	[6][7]

References

1. "Washington Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
2. "Washington wins big game from Idaho by overwhelming score on Spokane field". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 31, 1909. p. 1, part 2.
3. "Washington wins glorious victory from the hard-fighting Idaho eleven". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 30, 1909. p. 1.
4. "Washington the winner". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 8, 1909. p. 8.
5. "Washington team plays like college champions". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. November 14, 1909. Retrieved October 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Oregon team leaves on trip to Washington". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). November 20, 1909. p. 9.
7. "Washington wins game at Seattle which means championship of Northwest". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). December 2, 1909. p. 5.