1909 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

The 1909 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1909 college football season. Led by Edwin N. Snitjer in his first and only season as head coach, Carnegie Tech compiled a record of 5–3–1.

1909 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Edwin N. Snitjer (1st season)
Captain	Billy Hittner
Home stadium	Leeds Field
Seasons ← 1908 1910 →

1909 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	0	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					9	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					9	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	1	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					5	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					6	–	1	–	1
Ursinus			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					7	–	1	–	2
Trinity (CT)			–					6	–	1	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	1	–	2
Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					8	–	3	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					4	–	2	–	2
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					3	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	2	–	0
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	4	–	2
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	4	–	1
New Hampshire			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	5	–	1
Holy Cross			–					2	–	4	–	2
Swarthmore			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	3
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	0
Amherst			–					1	–	6	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	4	–	1

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2		Westminster (PA)	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 12–0		[1]
October 9	4:00 p.m.	Waynesburg	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 18–0	3,000	[2]
October 16	3:00 p.m.	Western Reserve	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 6–5	3,000	[3][4]
October 23	3:00 p.m.	Denison	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0		[5][6]
October 30	3:00 p.m.	Lehigh	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 11–18		[7][8]
November 6	3:00 p.m.	Franklin & Marshall	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 11–5	5,000	[9][10][11]
November 13		at Marietta	Marietta, OH	L 0–13	2,000	[12][13]
November 20		at Allegheny	Meadville, PA	W 10–0		[14][15]
November 25	3:00 p.m.	Colgate	Leeds Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–38		[16][17]
All times are in Eastern time

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