1901 college football season

The 1901 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with NCAA-designated "major selectors" retroactively selecting Michigan and Harvard as national champions.[1][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] The NCAA records book also erroneously lists Yale as Parke H. Davis's selection. Harvard beat Yale 22–0 the last game of the year.

  1. 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]
  2. 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]

1901 college football season
Harvard–Yale game.
Number of bowls1 (1902 Rose Bowl)
Champion(s)Harvard
Michigan
football seasons

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 defeated Stanford 49–0.

Conference standings

Major conference standings
1901 Colorado Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Colorado $ 2 –0 –05 –1 –1
Colorado College 2 –1 –05 –1 –0
Colorado Mines 1 –2 –01 –4 –0
Colorado Agricultural 0 –2 –01 –2 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Colorado vs. Colorado Agricultural game not played due to alleged amateurism violation
1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $ 4 –0 –06 –1 –1
Clemson 2 –0 –13 –1 –1
LSU 2 –1 –05 –1 –0
North Carolina 2 –1 –07 –2 –0
Tulane 2 –1 –04 –2 –0
Alabama 2 –1 –22 –1 –2
Auburn 2 –2 –12 –3 –1
Tennessee 1 –1 –23 –3 –2
Mississippi A&M 1 –2 –02 –2 –1
Cumberland (TN) 0 –1 –00 –1 –0
Kentucky State 0 –2 –02 –6 –1
Georgia 0 –3 –21 –5 –2
Ole Miss 0 –4 –02 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1901 Triangular Football League standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams $ 2 –0 –06 –4 –0
Wesleyan 1 –1 –03 –6 –1
Amherst 0 –2 –04 –6 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
1901 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan + 4 –0 –011 –0 –0
Wisconsin + 2 –0 –09 –0 –0
Minnesota 3 –1 –09 –1 –1
Illinois 4 –2 –08 –2 –0
Northwestern 3 –2 –08 –2 –1
Indiana 1 –2 –06 –3 –0
Purdue 0 –3 –14 –4 –1
Chicago 0 –4 –18 –6 –2
Iowa 0 –3 –06 –3 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Independents
1901 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Louis   –  10 –0 –0
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
ConfOverall
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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
Kendall   –  2 –2 –0
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
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
Louisiana Industrial   –  0 –2 –0
Tusculum   –    –  
1901 Far West college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 –2 –0

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

Awards and honors

All-Americans
Main article: 1901 College Football All-America Team

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 October 16, 2009.
  2. Okeson, Walter R., ed. (1934). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1934. New York: American Sports Publishing Co. p. 206.
  3. Okeson, Walter R., ed. (1935). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1935. New York: American Sports Publishing Co. p. 233.


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