1909 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1909 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference, Western Conference
Record2–4–1 (0–1 MVC, 0–1 Western)
Head coach
CaptainH. R. "Raymond" Gross
Home stadiumIowa Field
1909 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri $ 4 0 17 0 1
Kansas 3 1 08 1 0
Drake 2 1 06 1 0
Iowa 1 3 12 4 1
Iowa State 0 2 14 3 1
Nebraska 0 1 03 3 2
Washington University 0 2 03 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
1909 Western Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Minnesota $ 3 0 06 1 0
Chicago 4 1 14 1 2
Illinois 3 1 05 2 0
Wisconsin 2 1 13 1 1
Indiana 1 3 04 3 0
Northwestern 1 3 01 3 1
Iowa 0 1 02 4 1
Purdue 0 4 02 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1909 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the State University of Iowa ("S.U.I."), now commonly known as the University of Iowa, as a member of both the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and the Western Conference during the 1909 college football season. In their first year under head coach John G. Griffith, the Hawkeyes compiled a 2–4–1 record. They were 1–3–1 in MVC games to finish in fourth place. In the Western Conference, the Hawkeyes played only one conference game, losing to rival Minnesota by a 41–0 score.

Tackle H.R. "Raymond" Gross was the team captain. In 1909, Archie Alexander became the second African-American to play football at Iowa. (Frank Kinney Holbrook was the first.)

The team played its home games at Iowa Field in Iowa City, Iowa.