The 1901 season
322 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Michigan claims the national title. Share
Scoreboards
Conference champions
Major college
- Colorado Football Association
- Colorado
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Vanderbilt
Small college
- Athletic League of New England State Colleges
- UConn
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- EDave Campbell, Harvard
- ERalph Tipton Davis, Princeton
- EEdward Bowditch, Harvard
- FB/ENeil Snow, Michigan
- OTOliver Cutts, Harvard
- OTPaul Bunker, Army
- OTCrawford Blagden, Harvard
- OGBill Warner, Cornell
- OGWilliam George Lee, Harvard
- OGCharles A. Barnard, Harvard
- OGSanford Hunt, Cornell
- CHenry Holt, Yale
- CWalter E. Bachman, Lafayette
- QBCharles Dudley Daly, Army
- RBRobert Kernan, Harvard
- RBHarold Weekes, Columbia
- RB/QBBill Morley, Columbia
- FBThomas Graydon, Harvard
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1901 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1901 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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HARVARD. 22: YALE. o. 35 900 People See Terrific Drubbing Admin istered 10 the Ellis. soldiers l. lclt. dnlDlluSt, NOV – Thirtv-nVc thousand cheering ana play-uaddened enthusiasts. Saturday afternoon. saw Harvard sweep Yale on lis feet on the whitebarred field ana vine out many old scores by II decisive victory of – To O. The boys of the crimson We’re irresistible from the very first and game ana daring as were the l:l.S, they were swept aside with eNcry rush. Hardly n time was there that Harward triad the lofty hurdle that a few Yards were not gained. Hardly an essay at bucking that distance was not ,vipcd out in the steady movement toward goal. An indomitablr spirit that would not be appeased except with We lnrv seemed To animate every man in rhc Crimson eleven They would not h,. denied from the first. and overleaped or lodged or crashed through every formidable obstacle put up by th’ amazed but stin powerful sons of oid f.li Several of the players Were injured in the phenomenal rushes made by Harvard. and ii always was Yale thnt suffer, q most None Of the best play ,rs Was obliged To retire, however, uniii after the first half, and 50 it could not be said that the Blues suffered de feat because Of crippling. as the game practically was over with the clos” of The first half--IarVard. l.: Yale, 0. Harvard enthusiasts got the first thrill when il was learned that the committee appointed To pass on the question had decided that QUITS, the , ‘rtr sons r1l4Npr- WDnli he permitted TO enter the game. 1t was decided that he should play as the ,harge that he was professional and h..d taken part Of his salary as a teach cr in return for his services as an athlete had been utterly disprOved. Cults made good his reputation in the game ma was Cheered for his swing in buck inc. as was Marshall for his running. and poor De Saulles of Yale, for his splendid and true football playing until he was removed from the field III the last half. severely injured. The Harvard men required about five minutes in which TO start their superb football machinery. After that Yale was never in the playing IN scrimmage tactics. line plunging. hurding end skirting. punting and drop kick llS lIt tlt men We’re tbilli’ItltlN out classed The Harvard players also gave n demonstration Of uniform play that was remarkable. and as Il result tn” CoiOrS of the Crimson waved i’m deliiious joy during the greater portion ri the Two hours occupied by The con test Harvard presented a team the person mel of which was unchanged from stare to finish, and the happy players who thls won for the Crimson were almost as fan of dash when the referees whistle sound ri for the last time as they We’re when il sounded for the opening kickoff Yal.. on the other hand, required IL men To meet the onslaught Of the Harvard Plug rrS. Panic came to Yale and sympathy went out to Yale from the Harvard thousand when tn” crack quarterback. De SdLi,rI. as a result Of u flying tackle. whici. rlcvented another Harvard score. Wa hurt blow on the mead made him uucou- SciouS. Later il became necessary 10 r.move him from the field on II strctChrr. As the game progressed Weymouth. chadwick, llamlin and Gould “err com PEELED To retire in favor of substitutes. The game was as cleanly played as an ! ever witnessed on this field. Not one in stance of slugEips or unnecessary rough ness was visible. Three penalties were imposed by, Empire Mct1ung. and fIarward from the ovcranxiety of her pla ve- i; thricc lost 10. yards of distance for hold ing, “ffslde rlny and Interference In tn second half Harvard rosnrttd more often to punting. lhl” played much better football in til second half and Harvard had to r,. sat lSiied with touchdown which failed nf !, Soal. Harvard. after the first five min ltts OF III” game, had possession of the ban the greater portion of the time Her goal line was really never in danger One IN the first half Yale landed the ball on iiartards 2-yard line. where Harvard forced DE Saulles to try for Il goal from tlt field. lie failed. In the second ha il fhlc. by the fiercest play. reached the ‘n”mys lo-yard line, only to lost the bal The Crmson’s heavier line ana faster back field worked out the touchdown ir The second half but Cults could nor max, r1g”al against the wind. UtE’ lineup:
Bowls and playoff
Scoreboard| Jan 1, 1902 | Michigan 49, Stanford 0Rose Bowl |