1901 Cornell Big Red football team

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The 1901 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1901 college football season. In its first season under head coach Raymond Starbuck, the team compiled an 11–1 record, shut out 10 of 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 333 to 14. The only loss was by an 8–6 score against Princeton.[1]

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Record11–1
Headcoach
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1901 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record11–1
Head coach
CaptainBill Warner
Home stadiumPercy 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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Five Cornell players received honors on the 1901 College Football All-America Team: guards Bill Warner (Walter Camp-1) and Sanford Hunt (Camp-2, Caspar Whitney-1); quarterback Alfred A. Brewster, Jr. (Whitney-2); halfback Henry Purcell (Camp-2); and fullback Henry Schoellkopf (Camp-3).[2][3][4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Colgate
W 17–01,000[5][6]
October 2 Rochester
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 50–0 [7]
October 5 Bucknell
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 6–0 [8]
October 9 Hamilton
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 39–0 [9]
October 12 Union (NY)
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 24–0 [10]
October 19vs. CarlisleW 17–018,000[11]
October 26 Oberlin
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 29–0 [12]
November 2 Princeton
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 6–8 [13]
November 9 Lehigh
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 30–0 [14]
November 16at ColumbiaW 24–0 [15]
November 23 Vermont
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 68–0 [16]
November 28at Penn W 23–618,000[17]
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