1901 college football season Harvard–Yale game.
Number of bowls 1 (1902 Rose Bowl ) Champion(s) Harvard Michigan
← 1900 ·
football seasons
· 1902 →
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 retrospectively as national champions .[1] [a] [b] Harvard beat Yale 22–0 the last game of the year.
^ The NCAA Record Book states "Yale" for 1901 as having been solely selected by Parke Davis , which is an error that has been perpetuated since the first appearance of Parke Davis' selections in the NCAA book about 1995.[2] [3]
^ Parke Davis' selection for 1901, as published in Spalding's Foot Ball Guide (to which he was a contributor until his death) for 1934 and 1935, was Harvard.[2] [3]
Conference and program changes [ ]
School
1900 Conference
1901 Conference
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
SIAA
Independent
Louisiana Industrial Bulldogs
Program Established
Independent
Oklahoma A&M Aggies
Program established
Independent
Stetson Hatters
Program established
Independent
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 defeated Stanford 49–0.
Conference standings [ ]
Major conference standings [ ]
1901 Colorado Football Association standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
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 Colorado vs. Colorado Agricultural game not played due to alleged amateurism violation.[4]
1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
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
Auburn
2
–
2
–
1
2
–
3
–
1
Tennessee
1
–
1
–
2
3
–
3
–
2
Mississippi A&M
1
–
2
–
0
2
–
2
–
1
Cumberland (TN)
0
–
1
–
0
0
–
1
–
0
Kentucky State
0
–
2
–
0
2
–
6
–
1
Georgia
0
–
3
–
2
1
–
5
–
2
Ole Miss
0
–
4
–
0
2
–
4
–
0
1901 Western Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
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
Independents [ ]
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Harvard
–
12
–
0
–
0
Yale
–
11
–
1
–
1
Cornell
–
11
–
1
–
0
Dartmouth
–
10
–
1
–
0
Massachusetts
–
9
–
1
–
0
Princeton
–
9
–
1
–
1
Syracuse
–
7
–
1
–
0
Holy Cross
–
7
–
1
–
1
Geneva
–
6
–
1
–
1
Army
–
5
–
1
–
2
Western U. of Penn
–
7
–
2
–
1
Lafayette
–
9
–
3
–
0
Swarthmore
–
8
–
2
–
2
Washington & Jefferson
–
6
–
2
–
2
Frankin & Marshall
–
7
–
3
–
1
Penn
–
10
–
5
–
0
Buffalo
–
4
–
2
–
0
Columbia
–
8
–
5
–
0
Fordham
–
2
–
1
–
1
Penn State
–
5
–
3
–
0
Bucknell
–
6
–
4
–
0
Pittsburgh College
–
3
–
2
–
0
Temple
–
3
–
2
–
0
NYU
–
4
–
3
–
1
Tufts
–
6
–
6
–
1
Vermont
–
5
–
5
–
1
Dickinson
–
3
–
4
–
0
Carlisle
–
5
–
7
–
1
Brown
–
4
–
7
–
1
Villanova
–
2
–
3
–
0
Drexel
–
2
–
5
–
1
Colgate
–
2
–
5
–
0
Boston College
–
1
–
8
–
0
Lehigh
–
1
–
11
–
0
New Hampshire
–
0
–
6
–
0
Rutgers
–
0
–
7
–
0
1901 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
North Dakota Agricultural
–
7
–
0
–
0
Marquette
–
4
–
0
–
1
Northern Illinois State
–
6
–
1
–
0
Notre Dame
–
8
–
1
–
1
Ohio Wesleyan
–
8
–
2
–
0
Nebraska
–
6
–
2
–
0
Ohio
–
6
–
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
Iowa State Normal
–
5
–
3
–
2
Beloit
–
5
–
3
–
3
Washburn
–
3
–
2
–
3
Carthage
–
1
–
1
–
0
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
Miami (OH)
–
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
1901 Southern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial
–
2
–
0
–
0
Stetson
–
1
–
0
–
0
Georgia Tech
–
4
–
0
–
1
Marshall
–
2
–
0
–
1
Kentucky University
–
7
–
1
–
1
VPI
–
6
–
1
–
0
Nashville
–
6
–
1
–
1
Virginia
–
8
–
2
–
0
Texas
–
8
–
2
–
1
Davidson
–
4
–
2
–
0
Baylor
–
5
–
3
–
0
Gallaudet
–
4
–
2
–
2
Sewanee
–
4
–
2
–
2
William & Mary
–
2
–
1
–
1
Navy
–
6
–
4
–
1
VMI
–
4
–
3
–
0
Oklahoma
–
3
–
2
–
0
West Virginia
–
3
–
2
–
0
Delaware
–
5
–
4
–
0
Georgetown
–
3
–
3
–
2
Spring Hill
–
0
–
0
–
1
Wilmington Conference Academy
–
2
–
2
–
0
Oklahoma A&M
–
2
–
3
–
0
South Carolina
–
3
–
4
–
0
Arkansas
–
3
–
5
–
0
Add-Ran
–
1
–
2
–
1
Furman
–
1
–
2
–
1
Chilocco
–
2
–
5
–
0
Louisiana Industrial
–
1
–
2
–
0
North Carolina A&M
–
1
–
2
–
0
Texas A&M
–
1
–
4
–
0
Maryland
–
1
–
7
–
0
Richmond
–
1
–
7
–
0
Florida Agricultural
–
0
–
1
–
0
Kendall
–
0
–
1
–
0
Tusculum
–
–
1901 Far West college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Wyoming
–
1
–
0
–
0
California
–
9
–
0
–
1
Utah
–
5
–
1
–
0
Arizona
–
4
–
1
–
0
Washington Agricultural
–
4
–
1
–
0
Washington
–
4
–
3
–
0
Montana Agricultural
–
2
–
1
–
0
New Mexico A&M
–
2
–
1
–
0
Utah Agricultural
–
3
–
2
–
0
Stanford
–
3
–
2
–
2
Nevada State
–
3
–
3
–
0
Oregon
–
3
–
4
–
1
Montana
–
2
–
3
–
0
New Mexico
–
0
–
3
–
1
USC
–
0
–
1
–
0
Minor conferences [ ]
Conference
Champion(s)
Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Olivet
7–0
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 [ ]
^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF) . Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16 .
^ a b Okeson , Walter R., ed. (1934). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1934 . New York: American Sports Publishing Co. p. 206.
^ a b Okeson, Walter R., ed. (1935). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1935 . New York: American Sports Publishing Co. p. 233.
^ "2015 Media Guide" (PDF) . CUBuffs.com . Colorado Athletic Department. 2015. p. 144. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
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