1901 LSU Tigers football team

The 1901 LSU Tigers football team represented the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University during the 1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Edmond Chavanne left the Tigers following the 1900 season and was replaced by W. S. Borland as head coach in 1901, leading the team to a successful 5–1 season. Tulane forfeited the game on November 16 due to a ruling from the SIAA. The 1901 edition of the Battle for the Flag against LSU was originally a 22–0 victory for Tulane. It was later forfeited after a petition to the SIAA, and was recorded as a 0–11 loss for Tulane. After the game, LSU protested to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and alleged that Tulane had used a professional player during the game. Several months later, the SIAA ruled the game an 11-0 forfeit in favor of LSU.^[1]

1901 LSU Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–1 (2–1 SIAA)
Head coach	W. S. Borland (1st season)
Captain	E. L. Gorham
Home stadium	State Field
Seasons ← 1900 1902 →

1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Clemson	2	–	0	–	1			3	–	1	–	1
LSU	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	1	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Tulane	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	2	–	0
Alabama	2	–	1	–	2			2	–	1	–	2
Auburn	2	–	2	–	1			2	–	3	–	1
Tennessee	1	–	1	–	2			3	–	3	–	2
Mississippi A&M	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	2	–	1
Georgia	0	–	3	–	2			1	–	5	–	2
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Kentucky State	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Texas	0	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 28	at Louisiana Industrial*	Ruston, LA	W 57–0		[2]
November 8	Ole Miss	State Field Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 46–0		[3]
November 16	at Tulane	New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	W 11–0	5,000	[4]
November 20	Auburn	State Field Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 0–28		[5]
November 28	New Orleans YMCA*	State Field Baton Rouge, LA	W 38–0
December 6	Arkansas*	State Field Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 15–0		[6]
*Non-conference game

Roster

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Roster from Fanbase.com^[7] and LSU: The Louisiana Tigers^[8]

References

1. "Tulane Football History". Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
2. "Baton Rouge defeats Ruston with small effort". The Times-Democrat. October 29, 1901. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Mississippians Weak: Louisiana Team Easy Winners at Football". The Vicksburg Herald. November 9, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tulane Beats L.S.U." The Shreveport Times. November 17, 1901. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "L.S.U. Again Defeated: Auburn Too Much for Baton Rouge Eleven". The Times-Democrat. November 21, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Won By Louisiana". Arkansas Democrat. Little Rock, Arkansas. December 7, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved January 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "LSU Tigers Football | Fanbase is your source for sports news and athlete information". Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
8. Hardesty, Dan. "LSU: The Louisiana Tigers". The Strode Publishers. Huntsville, Alabama. 1975. P. 334-345.