1901 Carlisle Indians football team

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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.

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–7–1
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1901 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–7–1
Head coach
CaptainMartin Wheelock
Home stadiumIndian Field
Seasons
← 1900
1902 â†’
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1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard â€“ 12–0–0
Yale â€“ 11–1–1
Cornell â€“ 11–1–0
Dartmouth â€“ 10–1–0
Massachusetts â€“ 9–1–0
Princeton â€“ 9–1–1
Syracuse â€“ 7–1–0
Geneva â€“ 7–1–1
Holy Cross â€“ 7–1–1
Army â€“ 5–1–2
Western U. of Penn â€“ 7–2–1
Lafayette â€“ 9–3–0
Swarthmore â€“ 8–2–2
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–2–2
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 7–3–1
Penn â€“ 10–5–0
Buffalo â€“ 4–2–0
Columbia â€“ 8–5–0
Fordham â€“ 2–1–1
Penn State â€“ 5–3–0
Bucknell â€“ 6–4–0
Temple â€“ 3–2–0
NYU â€“ 4–3–1
Pittsburgh College â€“ 3–3–0
Tufts â€“ 6–6–1
Vermont â€“ 5–5–1
Carlisle â€“ 5–7–1
Dickinson â€“ 4–6–0
Brown â€“ 4–7–1
Villanova â€“ 2–3–0
Drexel â€“ 2–5–1
Colgate â€“ 2–5–0
Boston College â€“ 1–8–0
Lehigh â€“ 1–11–0
New Hampshire â€“ 0–6–0
Rutgers â€“ 0–7–0
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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.[1] Johnson was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.[2]

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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Lebanon Valley
W 28–0[3]
September 28Gallaudet
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 19–6[4]
October 22:35 p.m.vs. GettysburgHarrisburg, PAL 5–61,000[5]
October 53:00 p.m.at Dickinson
  • Dickinson's gridiron
  • Carlisle, PA
W 16–112,000[6][7][8]
October 12vs. BucknellWilliamsport, PAW 6–55,000[9]
October 16Haverford
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 29–0[10]
October 19vs. CornellL 0–1718,000[11]
October 26at HarvardL 0–29[12]
November 2vs. MichiganL 0–228,000[13]
November 9at NavyL 5–16[14]
November 16at PennL 14–1610,000[15]
November 23vs. Washington & JeffersonT 0–01,500[16]
November 28at ColumbiaL 12–405,000[17]
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[18]

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."[19]

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.[20]

Week 13: at Columbia

Carlisle at Columbia
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Team 1 2Total
Carlisle 0 12 12
• Columbia 17 23 40
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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.[21][22] Starring in the contest was Columbia's backfield of Bill Morley, Harold Weekes, Dick Smith, and Chauncey L. Berrien.

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