1901 Lake Forest Foresters football team

The 1901 Lake Forest football team was an American football team that represented Lake Forest University in the 1901 college football season.[1] In one of the longest seasons of any college football team in history, Lake Forest compiled a 10–5 record, achieving their first and only ten win season, and outscored their opponents 160 to 89. Notable games included a 0–16 loss to Notre Dame, who were proclaimed champions of Indiana, and a 0–12 loss to an 8–2–1 Northwestern team.

1901 Lake Forest football
ConferenceIndependent
1901 record10–5
CaptainParshall (fullback, halfback), McCarter (halfback, end, quarterback)
1901 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
North Dakota Agricultural      7 0 0
Marquette      4 0 1
Notre Dame      8 1 1
Ohio Wesleyan      8 2 0
Nebraska      7 2 0
Ohio      7 1 2
Doane      3 1 0
Haskell      6 2 0
Lake Forest      10 5 0
Ohio State      5 3 1
Washington University      5 3 1
Ohio Medical      5 3 1
Beloit      5 3 3
Washburn      3 2 3
Drake      4 4 0
Detroit College      3 3 0
Mount Union      5 5 1
Wittenberg      4 4 0
Kansas State      3 4 1
Michigan Agricultural      3 4 1
Iowa State      2 6 2
Kansas      3 5 2
Wabash      4 7 0
Fairmount      3 6 0
Heidelberg      1 3 1
Cincinnati      1 4 1
Case      2 7 0
Missouri      1 6 1
Butler      0 1 0
Chicago Eclectic Medical      0 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Hinsdale High SchoolHinsdale, ILL 0–22[2]
October 2Waukegan High SchoolLake Forest, ILW 21–0[3]
October 5at Northwestern
L 0–12[4]
October 9Waukegan High SchoolLake Forest, ILW 11–0
October 12Fort Sheridan ArtilleryLake Forest, ILW 6–5[5]
October 19Bennett MedicalLake Forest, ILW 59–0[6]
October 26at Washington (MO)
  • Athletic Park
  • Saint Louis, MO
L 0–11[7]
October 28at Illinois CollegeJacksonville, ILW 12–6[8]
November 2at Notre DameL 0–16[9]
November 8Chicago DentalLake Forest, ILW 6–0200+[10]
November 16Lewis InstituteLake Forest, ILW 12–0[11]
November 20at Northwestern Military AcademyHighland Park, ILW 22–0[12]
November 23Lake Forest Academy
  • Lake Forest Academy Field
  • Lake Forest, IL
W 6–0[13]
November 23Lake Forest AlumniLake Forest, ILW 5–0[14]
November 28at KnoxGalesburg, IlL 0–17[15]

References

  1. "Lake Forest Game by Game Results". web.archive.org. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  2. "Hinsdale H. S., 22; Lake Forest, 0". Chicago Tribune. 1901-09-29. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  3. "Lake Forest, 21; Waukegan H. S., 0". The Inter Ocean. 1901-10-03. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  4. "Hard Game For Purple: Lake Forest Holds Northwestern To Low Score". The Chicago Tribune. October 6, 1901. pp. 17–18 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lake forest, 6; Soldiers, 5". The Inter Ocean. October 13, 1901. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lake Forest, 59; Bennett Medics, 0". Chicago Tribune. October 20, 1901. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Washington Wins From Lake Forest". Saint Louis Post-Dispatch. October 27, 1901. p. 20 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Lake Forest Team A Victor". Chicago Tribune. 1901-10-29. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Notre Dame's Poor Showing: Narrowly Escaped Being Scored Against by Lake Forest Cadets". The Indianapolis Journal. November 3, 1901. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Lake Forest Team Defeats Dentals". The Inter Ocean. 1901-11-09. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Lake Forest 12, Lewis Institute 0". The St Louis Republic. 1901-11-16. p. 24 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Lake Forest, 22; N. M. A. O., 0". Chicago Tribune. 1901-11-21. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Lake Forest, 6; Academy, 0". The Inter Ocean. 1901-11-24. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Lake Forest, 5; Alumni, 0". The Inter Ocean. 1901-11-24. p. 18 via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Knox, 17; Lake Forest, 0". Chicago Tribune. 1901-11-29. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
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