1909 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1909 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–3–2 (0–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainEd Smith
Home stadiumCollege Park Stadium
1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee $ 4 0 06 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 07 3 0
Alabama 4 1 15 1 2
LSU 3 1 06 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 2 07 2 0
Auburn 4 2 05 2 0
Howard (AL) 2 2 05 2 1
Clemson 2 2 06 3 0
Ole Miss 1 2 14 3 2
Mississippi A&M 1 3 05 4 0
Georgia 1 4 11 4 2
The Citadel 0 1 13 3 2
Cumberland (TN) 0 1 00 1 0
Mercer 0 4 03 5 0
Tennessee 0 5 01 6 2
  • $ Conference champion

The 1909 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1909 college football season. This was the fifth year of intercollegiate football at The Citadel, with Sam Costen serving as coach for the first season. The 1909 team was the first to be officially called the Bulldogs. The program played its first road game on November 3 against Davidson at the State Fairgrounds in Columbia, South Carolina. All other games are believed to have been played at Hampton Park at the site of the old race course.