1901 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1901 Yale Bulldogs football 1901 yale football team.jpg 250 Independent 11–1–1 George S. Stillman 1st John de Saulles Yale Field The 1901 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its first season under head coach George S. Stillman, the team compiled an 11–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 251 to 37. Center Henry Holt was selected by Walter Camp as the first team center on the 1901 All-America team.Spalding's Football Guide 47 https://books.google.com/books?id=Xws7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA47 All-America Team of 1901 Google books March 8, 2015 1902 Other notable players on the 1901 Yale team included halfback George B. Chadwick, quarterback John de Saulles, end Joseph R. Swan, tackle James Hogan, and guard Herman Olcott. Following the Bulldogs season-ending loss to Harvard, contemporary coverage deemed Harvard undisputed collegiate champion.https://www.newspapers.com/image/350263852/ Sports Review for Year 1901, Champions of the Gridiron The Chicago Tribune December 31, 1901 7 Chicago, Illinois The season ... culminated in the overwhelming defeat of Yale by Harvard on the Saturday before Thanksgiving day. This gave the crimson an undisputed claim to the gridiron championship. In the West Wisconsin and Michigan were in a class by themselves and both claimed the leadership, but as the two teams did not meet no definite opinion could be formed of their relative strength. Years later, Harvard was retrospectively selected as the national champion by Parke H. Davis,Parke Davis' selection for 1901, as published in Spalding's Foot Ball Guide (to which he was a contributor until his death) in 1934 and 1935, was Harvard.Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1934 Walter R. Okeson American Sports Publishing Co. 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New York 1935 233 a fact in conflict with an NCAA publication, which mentions Yale.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 4, 2016 Schedule September 28 w 1901 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) Yale Field New Haven, CT 23–0 Yale, 23; Trinity, 0: Yale's Giant Rush Line Does Great Work New York Daily Tribune September 29, 1901 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29462237/yale_23_trinity_0_yales_giant_rush/ Newspapers.com October 2 w Amherst Yale Field New Haven, CT 6–0 Amherst Surprises Yale—Hold The Blue Down To One Touchdown in 25 Minutes https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-journal-courier/200593605/ The Daily Morning Journal and Courier New Haven, Connecticut October 3, 1901 7 June 29, 2026 Newspapers.com Football: Yale Has A Hard Struggle To Win From Amherst New York Daily Tribune October 3, 1901 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29462309/football_yale_has_a_hard_struggle_to/ Newspapers.com October 5 w 1901 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Yale Field New Haven, CT 29–5 Yale, 29; Tufts, 5: Substitute's Fumble Allows Visitors To Score New York Daily Tribune October 6, 1901 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29462205/yale_29_tufts_5_substitutes_fumble/ Newspapers.com October 9 w Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 24–0 Yale, 24; Wesleyan, 0 New York Daily Tribune October 10, 1901 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29462260/yale_24_wesleyan_0/ Newspapers.com October 12 w y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 24–0 Yale, 24; Annapolis, 0 The New York Times October 13, 1901 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29462186/yale_24_annapolis_0/ Newspapers.com October 16 w 1901 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoin Yale Field New Haven, CT 45–0 Yale, 45; Bowdoin, 0 New York Daily Tribune October 17, 1901 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29462280/yale_45_bowdoin_0/ Newspapers.com October 19 w Penn State Yale Field New Haven, CT 22–0 Yale, 22; Penn State, 0: Hardest Game of the Season For Old Eli Thus Far New York Daily Tribune October 20, 1901 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29462157/yale_22_penn_state_0_hardest_game/ Newspapers.com October 22 w 1901 Bates Bobcats Bates Yale Field New Haven, CT 21–0 12,000 In The Football World: Yale's Old Star Players Beat the 'Varsity Scrub Team; Walter Camp Kicked Off The New York Times October 23, 1901 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29462120/in_the_football_world_yales_old_star/ Newspapers.com October 26 w Columbia Yale Field New Haven, CT 10–5 Columbia Surprises Yale Football Team The New York Times October 27, 1901 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29361174/columbia_surprises_yale_football_team/ Newspapers.com November 2 t y Army The Plain West Point, NY 5–5 Cadets Tie Yale: Most of the West Pointers' Gains Were Made by Kicking New York Daily Tribune November 3, 1901 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29457932/cadets_tie_yale/ Newspapers.com November 9 w Orange Athletic Club Yale Field New Haven, CT 35–0 Yale 35; Orange Athletic Club 0 New York Daily Tribune November 10, 1901 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29457797/yale_35_orange_athletic_club_0/ Newspapers.com November 16 w Princeton Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 12–0 > 19,000 Yale and Cornell Winners: Princeton Unable To Score Against Old Eli; Rout of the Tigers New York Tribune November 17, 1901 1–2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29451938/yale_and_cornell_winners_princeton/ Newspapers.com November 23 l y Harvard Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA rivalry 0–22 Harvard 22, Yale 0: Crimson Give the Blue Saddest Surprise in History The Boston Sunday Globe Dudley S. Dean November 24, 1901 1–2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29425034/harvard_22_yale_0_crimson_give_the/ Newspapers.com 1901 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football March 11, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1901-schedule.html Roster Andrews, G Benham, HB James Bloomer Burke, T George B. Chadwick, HB Ralston R. Coffin Cruikshank, G John de Saulles, QB Drummond, T Easton, HB Ferguson, E Fox, HB Edgar Glass, G George A. Goss, T Charles Gould, E Chauncey J. Hamlin, C J. B. Hart, HB Hinkle, HB James Hogan, T Henry Holt, C Willard Hyatt, E Thomas R. Johnson, G Philip H. Kunzig, T Harold G. Metcalf, HB Morehead, E Morris, QB Herman Olcott, G Jack Owsley, HB Charles D. Rafferty, E Foster Rockwell, QB Joseph Clinton Roraback Shaw, HB Willard B. Soper, HB Strong, FB Joseph Rockwell Swan, T S. Oakley Van der Poel, FB S. Dwight Ward, E Clarence A Weymouth, FB Frederick W. Wilhelmi, FB All-Time Lettermen (DOC) https://yalebulldogs.com/documents/2019/7/19//Lettermen_updated_through_2018__003_.doc?id=3591 Yale University Athletics January 29, 2025 References Yale Category:Yale Bulldogs football seasons Category:College football national champions Yale Bulldogs football