1901 Carlisle Indians football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1901 Carlisle Indians football 1901Carlislefootball.png 285 Independent 5–7–1 Pop Warner 3rd Martin Wheelock Indian Field The 1901 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1901 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Pop Warner, the Indians compiled a 5–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 168 to 134. Two Carlisle players received honors from Walter Camp on the 1901 All-America team: Martin Wheelock as a second-team tackle and Jimmy Johnson as a third-team quarterback.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 Johnson was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.Jimmy Johnson National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame March 15, 2019 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1219 Carlisle was one of three Native American schools in 1901 to field football teams that competed in college football. The other two were Haskell (6–2) in Kansas and Chilocco (2–5) in the Oklahoma Territory. Schedule September 21 w 1901 Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen Lebanon Valley Indian Field Carlisle, PA 28–0 Carlisle's First Game: Indians Defeat Lebanon, 28 to 0--"Pop" Warner Has Large Number of Candidates from Whom to Select Team The Boston Globe September 22, 1901 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29599915/carlisles_first_game_indians_defeat/ Newspapers.com September 28 w Gallaudet Indian Field Carlisle, PA 19–6 Carlisle 19; Gallaudet 6 The Boston Globe September 29, 1901 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29599993/carlisle_19_gallaudet_6/ Newspapers.com October 2 2:35 p.m. l y 1901 Gettysburg Gettysburg Harrisburg, PA 5–6 1,000 Indians Lost: Redskin Warriors Beaten By Gettysburg Men The Harrisburg Telegraph October 3, 1901 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29600128/indians_lost_redskin_warriors_beaten/ Newspapers.com October 5 3:00 p.m. w y Dickinson Dickinson's gridiron Carlisle, PA 16–11 2,000 Indians Win: Dickinson Goes Down Before the Red Man's Line Carlisle Daily Herald October 6, 1901 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29600251/indians_win_dickinson_goes_down_before/ Newspapers.comIndians Defeat Dickinson 16-11 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 6, 1901 11 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-indians-defeat/142402147/ Newspapers.comA Great Game: Indians Defeat Dickinson by Four Points The Sentinel October 7, 1901 3 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sentinel-a-great-game-indians-defea/142402630/ Newspapers.com October 12 w y Bucknell Williamsport, PA 6–5 5,000 Indians Won From Bucknell Because They Kicked Goal The Philadelphia Inquirer October 13, 1901 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29600389/indians_won_from_bucknell_because_they/ Newspapers.com October 16 w 1901 Haverford Haverford Indian Field Carlisle, PA 29–0 Indians, 29; Haverford, 0 Harrisbug Star-Independent October 17, 1901 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29600488/indians_29_haverford_0/ Newspapers.com October 19 l y Cornell Stadium of the Pan-American Exposition Buffalo, NY 0–17 18,000 Cornell, I Yell!! Carlisle's football Braves met with Defeat from white Brothers The Illustrated Buffalo Express October 20, 1901 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16917837/cornell_i_yell_carlisles_football/ Newspapers.com October 26 l y Harvard Soldier's Field Boston, MA 0–29 Indians Dangerous Only Once: By a Run, and a Series of Rushes, They Get Within Harvard's Eight-Yard Line The Boston Sunday Globe October 27, 1901 1–2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29425090/indians_dangerous_only_once_by_a_run/ Newspapers.com November 2 l y Michigan Bennett Park Detroit, MI 0–22 8,000 Red Men Fell Before U. of M.: Maize and Blue Scored Three Touchdowns and Goal From Field; Carlisle Put Up Great Defensive Game, But Failed To Make a Point (part 1) Detroit Free Press November 3, 1901 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6620399/red_men_fell_before_u_of_m/ November 9 l y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 5–16 Annapolis 16, Carlisle 5: Sailor Boys Redeem Themselves in Second Half The Minneapolis Tribune November 10, 1901 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29597949/annapolis_16_carlisle_5/ Newspapers.com November 16 l y Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 14–16 10,000 Pennsylvania Battles Hard And Wins From Indians, 16 To 14 The Philadelphia Inquirer November 17, 1901 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29586738/pennsylvania_battles_hard_and_wins_from/ Newspapers.com November 23 t y Washington & Jefferson Exposition Park Allegheny City, PA 0–0 1,500 Wash.-Jeff. and Indians Fought to a Standstill: Neither Team Could Score The Pittsburgh Gazette November 24, 1901 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29600637/washjeff_and_indians_fought_to_a/ Newspapers.com November 28 l y Columbia Polo Grounds New York, NY 12–40 5,000 Columbia Beats Indians: Carlisle School Football Team Scores in Sensational Plays The New York Times November 29, 1901 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29364389/columbia_beats_indians_carlisle_school/ Newspapers.com https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/carlisle/1901-schedule.html 1901 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results Game summaries Week 4: vs. Dickinson Despite the 16 to 11 Carlisle victory, The Dickinsonian called it "the greatest day in the football history of Dickinson."http://deila.dickinson.edu/cdm/ref/collection/dickinsonia/id/22220 October 11, 1901 5 1 Indians 16-Dickinson 11 The Dickinsonian July 22, 2015 July 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150723032132/http://deila.dickinson.edu/cdm/ref/collection/dickinsonia/id/22220 dead Week 9: at Michigan The national champion Michigan Wolverines defeated the Carlisle Indians, 22–0, in a game played at Bennett Park in Detroit on November 2. The game was watched by a crowd of 8,000 spectators that included China's Minister to the United States, Wu Ting-Fan, occupying a box with former United States Secretary of War, Russell A. Alger.Michigan 22, Carlisle 0 The New York Times 1901-11-03 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/11/03/102628862.pdf 12 March 2010 Week 13: at Columbia Carlisle at Columbia Carlisle 0 12 Columbia 17 23 November 28, 1901 Polo Grounds •New York, NY 6,000 J. C. McCracken (Penn) The Columbia Lions rolled up their largest score of the season, defeating the Indians 40 to 12. It was 40 to 0 until the final five minutes.http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19011129.2.10.1.1# Carlisle Indians Lose San Francisco Call 90 182 November 29, 1901http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19011203-01.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------ Columbia Daily Spectator 45 16 December 3, 1901 Columbia, 40 - Carlisle 12 July 23, 2015 July 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150723034626/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19011203-01.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------ dead Starring in the contest was Columbia's backfield of Bill Morley, Harold Weekes, Dick Smith, and Chauncey L. Berrien. References Carlisle Category:Carlisle Indians football seasons Carlisle Indians football