1909 Colorado Silver and Gold football team
The 1909 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference (CFAC) during the 1909 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Fred Folsom, the team compiled a perfect 6–0 record (3–0 against CFAC members), won the conference championship, was unscored upon for the season, and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 0.[1][2]
| 1909 Colorado Silver and Gold football | |
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CFAC champion | |
| Conference | Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference |
| 1909 record | 6–0 (3–0 CFAC) |
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| Home stadium | Gamble Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado College | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Mines | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Agricultural | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colorado sustained a 21-game win streak that began on November 26, 1908, and ended on October 12, 1912. It remains the longest such streak in program history.[3]
The 1909 season was the first for the CFAC; it became the Rocky Mountain Conference for the following season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 2 | Boulder High School* | W 3–0 | ||||
| October 9 | Colorado alumni* |
| W 3–0 | |||
| October 23 | Colorado Agricultural |
| W 57–0 | |||
| November 6 | New Mexico* |
| W 53–0 | |||
| November 13 | at Colorado College | W 9–0 | ||||
| November 25 | at Colorado Mines | Golden, CO | W 16–0 | |||
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References
- "2018 Colorado Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Colorado. 2018. pp. 154, 172. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- "1909 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- 2018 Colorado Football Media Guide, p. 254.
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