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The 1909 IAAUS football season was the first for the 3-point field goal, which had previously been worth 4 points.〔"About the New Rules", Syracuse Herald, September 26, 1909, pII-1〕 The season ran from Saturday, September 25, until Thanksgiving Day, November 25, although a few games were played on the week before.〔( "Football Season Bigger Than Ever" ), ''New York Times'', August 22, 1909, pS-3; the Carlisle Indians played a Wednesday game on September 22 against Lebanon Valley, winning 30-0. Although some sources list the Virginia vs. William & Mary and Washington & Jefferson vs. Denison games as taking place on September 18, both matches were on the 25th.〕 The 1909 season was also one of the most dangerous in the history of college football. The third annual survey by the ''Chicago Tribune'' at season's end showed that 10 college players had been killed and 38 seriously injured in 1909, up from six fatalities and 14 maimings in 1908.〔( "Football in 1909 Caused 26 Deaths" ), ''New York Times'', November 21, 1909, p9〕 Schools in the Midwest competed in the Western Conference, now called the Big Ten, consisting of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin and Chicago. Iowa was also a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, which included future Big 12 teams Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as well as Drake and Washington University in St. Louis. In California, intercollegiate football programs (such as those of Stanford University and the University of California) had been discontinued after the 1905 season, and rugby was the autumn intercollegiate sport.〔( "Why California Likes Rugby" ), by A.A. Goldsmith, ''Outing'' Magazine (March 1914), pp742-750〕 Although there was no provision for a national championship, major teams played their regular schedules before facing their most difficult matches late in the season. The most eagerly anticipated games were the November 10 matchups, with Princeton at Yale, Dartmouth at Harvard, Michigan vs. Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia), and Cornell at Chicago.〔"Collegians Ready To Start Football", ''New York Times'', September 5, 1909, p32〕 ==Rules== The rules for American football in 1909 were significantly different than the ones of a century later, as many of the present conventions (100 yard field, four downs to gain ten yards, and the 6-point touchdown) would not be adopted until 1912. Beginning in 1909, the worth of a field goal dropped from 4 points to 3 points. Touchdowns remained at 5 points. "This has come about gradually," noted one report, "owing to the feeling of players and spectators that two field kick goals should not be reckoned of greater value that a touchdown from which a goal is scored. As it is now, a touchdown if a goal results, counts six points, and two field goals count but six in the aggregate." 〔Syracuse Herald, 9/26/09〕 For the first time, ineligible receivers were identified.〔Specifically, an end "who is more than one foot back of the line and still not a yard back" could not receive a pass; Ibid.〕 The rules in 1909 were: *Field 110 yards in length *Kickoff made from midfield *Three downs to gain ten yards *Touchdown worth 5 points *Field goal worth 3 points *Game time based on agreement of the teams, not to exceed two 45 minute halves *Forward pass legal, but subject to penalties 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1909 college football season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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