1901 Lafayette football team

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1901 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–3
Head coach
CaptainWalter E. Bachman
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
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

The 1901 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the 1901 college football season. In its third season under head coach Samuel B. Newton, the team compiled a 9–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 240 to 94.[1]

Two of the team's three losses were suffered in games against early professional football teams (Homestead Library & Athletic Club and Philadelphia Athletic Club) made up of all-star rosters.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Ursinus
W 40–0[3]
October 5Susquehanna
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 42–5[4]
October 12at SyracuseSyracuse, NYW 5–02,500[5]
October 16Manhattan
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 16–6[6]
October 19at Orange Athletic ClubEast Orange, NJW 17–0[7]
October 26at PrincetonL 0–63,000[8]
November 2Lehigh
W 29–03,000[9]
November 5at Philadelphia A.C.L 0–23[10]
November 9at Brown
W 11–6[11]
November 16at Homestead Library & A.C.
L 0–48[2]
November 23at LehighBethlehem, PA (rivalry)W 41–02,000[12]
November 28Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 29–03,000[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1901 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Stars Outshine The Collegians". The Pittsburgh Press. November 17, 1901. p. 22.
  3. ^ "Lafayette Wins Easily". New York Daily Tribune. October 3, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lafayette, 42; Susquehanna, 5". New York Daily Tribune. October 6, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Syracuse Trounced: Lafayette Outweighed the Salt City Boys". The Buffalo Courier. October 13, 1901. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lafayette, 16; Manhattan, 6". New York Daily Tribune. October 17, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lafayette Plays With Orange A.C." The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Princeton, 6; Lafayette, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 27, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Lehigh Could Not Score". The Times (Philadelphia). November 3, 1901. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Lafayette Couldn't Handle The Pros.; 23-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 6, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Lafayette, 11; Brown, 6". The New York Times. November 10, 1901. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Lafayette Trounced Lehigh". The Times (Philadelphia). November 24, 1901. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Lafayette Beat Dickinson". The Times (Philadelphia). November 29, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.