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 2âÂÂ4âÂÂ1 record. They were 1âÂÂ3âÂÂ1 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 41âÂÂ0 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.