1901 college football season

1901 college football season
Harvard–Yale game.
Total # of teams	45
Number of bowls	1 (1902 Rose Bowl)
Champions	Harvard Crimson Michigan Wolverines Yale Bulldogs
College football seasons « 1900 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 national champions. Harvard beat Yale 22–0 the last game of the year.

Conference and program changes

School	1900 Conference	1901 Conference
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	SIAA	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 would defeat Stanford 49-0.

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1901 Big 9 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

1901 SIAA football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Vanderbilt $ 5 – 0 – 1     6 – 0 – 1 Clemson 2 – 0 – 1     3 – 1 – 1 Nashville 3 – 1 – 1     6 – 1 – 1 LSU 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 1 – 0 Sewanee 2 – 1 – 1     4 – 2 – 2 North Carolina 2 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Tulane 2 – 1 – 0     4 – 2 – 0 Alabama 2 – 1 – 2     2 – 1 – 2 Auburn 2 – 3 – 1     2 – 3 – 1 Tennessee 1 – 2 – 2     3 – 3 – 2 Texas 0 – 0 – 1     8 – 2 – 1 Mississippi A&M 1 – 2 – 0     2 – 2 – 1 Cumberland 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0 Kentucky State 0 – 2 – 0     2 – 6 – 1 Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 4 – 0 Georgia 0 – 4 – 2     1 – 5 – 2 $ – Conference champion

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