The team compiled a 4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 117 to 75.
[1] In September 1909, the school hired Sam P. McBirney as its head football coach.
[2] After six weeks in Albuquerque, McBirnie returned to his home in Tulsa.
[3] In a season of highs and lows, the team achieved both its greatest margin of victory (51–0 over New Mexico A&M) and its greatest margin of defeat (0–53 against Colorado) to that point in program history.
[1] At the end of the season, University of New Mexico players won six of eleven spots on the All-New Mexico football team: Silva at center; "Doc" Cornish at quarterback; McConnell at right tackle; Price at left tackle; Galles at end; and Walt Allen at right halfback.