1901 college football season

The 1901 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan, Yale, and Harvard as having been selected national champions.[1] Harvard beat Yale 22–0 the last game of the year.

Conference and program changes

School1900 Conference1901 Conference
Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsSIAAIndependent
Louisiana Industrial BulldogsProgram EstablishedIndependent
Oklahoma A&M AggiesProgram establishedIndependent
Stetson HattersProgram establishedIndependent

Rose Bowl

The very first collegiate football bowl game was played following the 1901 season. Originally titled the "Tournament East-West football game" what is now known as the Rose Bowl Game was first played on January 1, 1902, in Pasadena, California. Michigan would defeat Stanford 49–0.

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1901 Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Michigan + 4 –0 –0  11 –0 –0
Wisconsin + 2 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
Minnesota 3 –1 –0  9 –1 –1
Illinois 4 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Northwestern 3 –2 –0  8 –2 –1
Indiana 1 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Purdue 0 –3 –1  4 –4 –1
Chicago 0 –4 –1  8 –6 –2
Iowa 0 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1901 CFA football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Colorado $ 2 –0 –0  5 –1 –1
Colorado College 2 –1 –0  5 –1 –0
Colorado Mines 1 –2 –0  1 –4 –0
Colorado Agricultural 0 –2 –0  1 –2 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • CU-CA game not played due to alleged amateurism violation.[2]
1901 college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard   –    12 –0 –0
Yale   –    11 –1 –1
California   –    9 –0 –1
Stetson   –    1 –0 –0
Cornell   –    11 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –    10 –1 –0
Massachusetts   –    9 –1 –0
Princeton   –    9 –1 –1
Notre Dame   –    8 –1 –1
Kentucky U.   –    7 –1 –1
Army   –    5 –1 –2
Connecticut   –    8 –2 –0
Virginia   –    8 –2 –0
Arizona   –    4 –1 –0
Washington Agricultural   –    4 –1 –0
Nebraska   –    7 –2 –0
Western U. of Penn   –    7 –2 –1
Lafayette   –    9 –3 –0
Utah   –    3 –1 –0
Penn   –    10 –5 –0
Gallaudet   –    4 –2 –2
William & Mary   –    2 –1 –1
Columbia   –    8 –5 –0
Baylor   –    5 –3 –0
Penn State   –    5 –3 –0
Ohio State   –    5 –3 –1
VMI   –    4 –3 –0
Washington   –    4 –3 –0
Navy   –    6 –4 –1
Stanford   –    3 –2 –2
Oklahoma   –    3 –2 –0
Drake   –    4 –4 –0
Detroit   –    3 –3 –0
Kansas State   –    3 –4 –1
Michigan Agricultural   –    3 –4 –1
Oregon   –    3 –4 –1
Carlisle   –    5 –7 –1
Montana   –    2 –3 –0
Oklahoma A&M   –    2 –3 –0
Villanova   –    2 –3 –0
Arkansas   –    3 –5 –0
Kansas   –    3 –5 –2
Furman   –    1 –2 –1
Texas A&M   –    1 –4 –0
Missouri   –    1 –6 –1
Maryland   –    1 –7 –0
Boston College   –    1 –8 –0
Florida Agricultural   –    0 –1 –0
Kendall   –    0 –1 –0
USC   –    0 –1 –0
Rhode Island   –    0 –2 –0
Rutgers   –    0 –7 –0
1901 SIAA football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vanderbilt $ 4 –0 –0  6 –1 –1
Clemson 2 –0 –1  3 –1 –1
LSU 2 –1 –0  5 –1 –0
North Carolina 2 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Tulane 2 –1 –0  4 –2 –0
Alabama 2 –1 –2  2 –1 –2
Texas 0 –0 –0  8 –2 –1
Auburn 2 –2 –1  2 –3 –1
Tennessee 1 –1 –2  3 –3 –2
Mississippi A&M 1 –2 –0  2 –2 –1
Cumberland 0 –1 –0  0 –1 –0
Kentucky State 0 –2 –0  2 –6 –1
Ole Miss 0 –4 –0  2 –4 –0
Georgia 0 –4 –2  1 –5 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
1901 Triangular Football League standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Williams (MA) $ 2 –0 –0    –  – 
  • $ – Conference champion

Minor conferences

Conference Champion(s) Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Olivet 7–0–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

The consensus All-America team included:

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Charles Dudley Daly 5'7" 152 Jr. Boston, Massachusetts Army
HB Robert Kernan Jr. Brooklyn, New York Harvard
HB Harold Weekes 5'10" 178 Jr. Oyster Bay, New York Columbia
HB Bill Morley 5'10" 166 Sr. Cimarron, New Mexico Columbia
FB Blondy Graydon Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio Harvard
E Dave Campbell 6'0" 171 Sr. Waltham, Massachusetts Harvard
E Ralph Tipton Davis 5'7" 168 So. Blossburg, Pennsylvania Princeton
T Oliver Cutts Sr. North Anson, Maine Harvard
T Paul Bunker 5'11" 186 Jr. Alpena, Michigan Army
G Bill Warner 6'4" 210 Jr. Springville, New York Cornell
G William George Lee Sr. Leavenworth, Kansas Harvard
C Henry Holt Jr. Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, New York Yale
C Walter E. Bachman Sr. Phillipsburg, New Jersey Lafayette
G Charles A. Barnard Sr. Washington, D. C. Harvard
G Sanford Hunt So. Irvington, New Jersey Cornell
T Crawford Blagden Sr. New York, New York Harvard
E Edward Bowditch So. Albany, New York Harvard
E Neil Snow 5'8" 190 Sr. Detroit, Michigan Michigan

Statistical leaders

  • Player scoring most points: Bruce Shorts, Michigan, 123
  • Rushing leader: Willie Heston, Michigan, 684
  • Rushing avg. leader: Willie Heston, 10.2
  • Rushing touchdowns leader: Willie Heston, 20

References

  1. ↑ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  2. ↑ "2015 Media Guide" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Colorado Athletic Department. 2015. p. 144. Retrieved January 4, 2018.


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