1901 Lafayette football team

The 1901 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the 1901 college football season. In its third season under head coach Samuel B. Newton, the team compiled a 9–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 240 to 94.^[1]

1901 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–3
Head coach	Samuel B. Newton (3rd season)
Captain	Walter E. Bachman
Home stadium	March Field
Seasons ← 1900 1902 →

1901 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					12	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					11	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					10	–	1	–	0
Massachusetts			–					9	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					9	–	1	–	1
Syracuse			–					7	–	1	–	0
Holy Cross			–					7	–	1	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	1	–	1
Army			–					5	–	1	–	2
Western U. of Penn			–					7	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					8	–	2	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					10	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	2	–	0
Columbia			–					8	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Tufts			–					6	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	5	–	1
Dickinson			–					3	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	7	–	1
Brown			–					4	–	7	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					1	–	8	–	0
Lehigh			–					1	–	11	–	0
New Hampshire			–					0	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	7	–	0

Two of the team's three losses were suffered in games against early professional football teams (Homestead Library & Athletic Club and Philadelphia Athletic Club) made up of all-star rosters.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Ursinus	March Field Easton, PA	W 40–0		[3]
October 5	Susquehanna	March Field Easton, PA	W 42–5		[4]
October 12	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	W 5–0	2,500	[5]
October 16	Manhattan	March Field Easton, PA	W 16–6		[6]
October 19	at Orange Athletic Club	East Orange, NJ	W 17–0		[7]
October 26	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–6	3,000	[8]
November 2	Lehigh	March Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	W 29–0	3,000	[9]
November 5	at Philadelphia Athletic Club	National League Park Philadelphia, PA	L 0–23		[10]
November 9	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 11–6		[11]
November 16	at Homestead Library & Athletic Club	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–48		[2]
November 23	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 41–0	2,000	[12]
November 28	Dickinson	March Field Easton, PA	W 29–0	3,000	[13]

References

1. "1901 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
2. "Stars Outshine The Collegians". The Pittsburgh Press. November 17, 1901. p. 22.
3. "Lafayette Wins Easily". New York Daily Tribune. October 3, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Lafayette, 42; Susquehanna, 5". New York Daily Tribune. October 6, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Syracuse Trounced: Lafayette Outweighed the Salt City Boys". The Buffalo Courier. October 13, 1901. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Lafayette, 16; Manhattan, 6". New York Daily Tribune. October 17, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Lafayette Plays With Orange A.C." The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Princeton, 6; Lafayette, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 27, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Lehigh Could Not Score". The Times (Philadelphia). November 3, 1901. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Lafayette Couldn't Handle The Pros.; 23-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 6, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Lafayette, 11; Brown, 6". The New York Times. November 10, 1901. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Lafayette Trounced Lehigh". The Times (Philadelphia). November 24, 1901. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Lafayette Beat Dickinson". The Times (Philadelphia). November 29, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.