1909 Football Team
| Overall Record: 6-1 | |
| Conference Finish: [not in conference] | |
| Coach: Fielding Yost | |
| Captain: Dave W. Allerdice | |
| All-Americans: Albert Benbrook | |
| Trainer: Keene Fitzpatrick | |
| Assistant coaches: Roy Beechler, Albert R. Chandler, Prentiss Douglass, F.M. Hall, Paul Magoffin, Curtis Redden | |
| Manager: Harold E. Gallup | |
| Opponent | Date | Site | Result | Attend. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | 10/09 | H | W | 3-0 | - |
| Ohio State | 10/16 | H | W | 33-6 | - |
| Marquette | 10/23 | A | W | 6-5 | - |
| Syracuse (HC) | 10/30 | H | W | 44-0* | - |
| Notre Dame | 11/06 | H | L | 3-11 | - |
| Pennsylvania | 11/13 | A | W | 12-6 | 17,000 |
| Minnesota | 11/20 | A | W | 15-6 | 22,000 |
| Total Points | 116-34 | ||||
* Some Athletic Department publications list the score as 43-0 and the Michigan Daily's initial report gives the result as 43-0. Several days later the Daily corrected the score to 44-0. The Michigan Alumnus Magazine of November gives the 44-0 score. The Athletic Department's own "Dope Books" (the official listing of results and letterwinners) records the score as 44-0.
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| left end |
Jamie W. Rogers (3) Fredric Conklin (2) Leroy Ranney Stanley Borleske | |
| left tackle |
William Casey (5) William Edmunds (2) | |
| left guard | Albert Benbrook (7) | |
| center |
James Watkins (5) Andrew Smith (2) | |
| right guard |
Andrew Smith (3) Fredric Conklin (2) William Edmunds (2) | |
| right tackle | Stanfield Wells (7) | |
| right end |
James Miller (6) Victor Pattengill Stanley Borleske | |
| quarterback |
William Wasmund (6) James Miller (1) | |
| fullback |
George Lawton (4) Fay Clark (2) Charles Freeney | |
| left halfback |
Joe Magdisohn (5) Arthur Bertrand Charles Freeney | |
| right halfback | Dave Allerdice (7) |
View full 1909 roster (from all-time roster database, includes non-lettermen and freshmen)
1909 Team Photo
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[Note: photo includes only varsity letter winners]
- Back Row
- manager Harold Gallup, Stanfield Wells, William Edmunds, Andrew Smith, Albert Benbrook, William Casey, Director Philip Bartelme, Keene Fitzpatrick
- Middle Row
- James Miller, Fay Clark, James Watkins, Captain David Allerdice, Coach Fielding Yost, Joe Magidsohn, Fredric Conklin
- Front Row
- Leroy Ranney, Vic Pattengill, William Wasmund, Donald Green, Charles Freeney
1909 Team Photo
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1909 Team Photo
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