American college football season
1901 college football season |
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Harvard–Yale game. |
Number of bowls | 1 (1902 Rose Bowl) |
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Champion(s) | Harvard Michigan |
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← 1900 · | football seasons | · 1902 → |
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The 1901 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with NCAA-designated "major selectors" retroactively selecting Michigan and Harvard as national champions.[1][a][b] 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.
- ^ 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
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
Independents
Minor conferences
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 October 16, 2009.
- ^ 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.
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