The 1909 Dartmouth football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

as an independent during the

1909 college football season The 1909 college football season was the first for the 3-point field goal, which had previously been worth 4 points. The season ran from Saturday, September 25, until Thanksgiving Day, November 25, although a few games were played on the week be ...

. In its first and only season under head coach W. H. Lillard, the team compiled a 5–1–2 record, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 89 to 18.

Clark Tobin Clark W. Tobin (January 1, 1887 – January 25, 1952) was an American college football player and coach. Biography Tobin played college football at Dartmouth College in 1909 and 1910. He was the captain of the 1909 Dartmouth football team and wa ...

was the team captain.

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Dartmouth Dartmouth Big Green football seasons

Dartmouth football The Dartmouth Big Green football team represents Dartmouth College in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. The team possesses a storied tradition that includes a nat ...

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