1901 Western Conference football season

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The 1901 Western Conference football season was the sixth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1901 college football season.

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Co-championsMichigan, Wisconsin
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1901 Western Conference football season
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1901 Western Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan +4–0–011–0–0
Wisconsin +2–0–09–0–0
Minnesota3–1–09–1–1
Illinois4–2–08–2–0
Northwestern3–2–08–2–1
Indiana1–2–06–3–0
Purdue0–3–14–4–1
Chicago0–4–18–6–2
Iowa0–3–06–3–0
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A sepia-tone picture of around thirty young white men, all in American football uniforms from the beginning of the 1900s. They are taking a team picture, staged in rows and all facing directly into the camera. Some are sitting cross-legged.
Portrait of the 1901 Purdue American football team.

In its first year under head coach Fielding H. Yost, Michigan compiled a perfect 11–0 record, outscored its opponents by a combined total of 550 to 0, and defeated Stanford by a 49 to 0 score in the inaugural Rose Bowl game, the first college bowl game ever played. Three of the five official selectors, the Helms Athletic Foundation, the Houlgate System, and the National Championship Foundation, recognize the 1901 Michigan team as the national champion.

Wisconsin, under head coach Philip King, tied with Michigan for the conference championship with a 9–0 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents 317 to 5.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

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Conf. Rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 (tie)MichiganFielding H. Yost11–04–050.00.0
1 (tie)WisconsinPhilip King9–02–035.20.6
3MinnesotaHenry L. Williams9-1-13-116.61.6
4IllinoisJusta Lindgren8–24–224.33.9
5NorthwesternCharles Hollister8–2–13–214.67.0
6IndianaJames H. Horne6–31–223.89.7
7PurdueD. M. Balliet4–4–10–3–115.37.3
8ChicagoAmos A. Stagg8–6–20–4–110.98.2
9IowaAlden Knipe6–30–39.412.8
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Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[1]

Regular season

During the 1901 season, Western Conference teams played 18 games against each other, as follows:

October 12

  • Chicago and Purdue played to a 5–5 in Chicago[2]
  • Michigan defeated Indiana, 33–0[3]

October 19

  • Illinois defeated Chicago, 24–0[4]
  • Michigan defeated Northwestern, 29–0[5]

October 26

  • Indiana defeated Purdue, 11–6[6]
  • Minnesota defeated Iowa, 16–0[7]
  • Northwestern defeated Illinois, 17–11[8]

November 2

  • Illinois defeated Indiana, 18–0[9]

November 9

  • Illinois defeated Iowa, 27–0[10]
  • Northwestern defeated Chicago,[11]

November 16

  • Illinois defeated Purdue, 28–6[12]
  • Michigan defeated Chicago, 22–0[13]
  • Wisconsin defeated Minnesota, 18–0[14]

November 23

  • Minnesota defeated Northwestern, 16–0[15]

November 28 (Thanksgiving)

  • Michigan defeated Iowa, 50–0[16]
  • Minnesota defeated Illinois, 16–0[17]
  • Northwestern defeated Purdue, 10–5[18]
  • Wisconsin defeated Chicago, 35–0[19]

Bowl games

Main article: 1902 Rose Bowl

Michigan defeated Stanford, 49–0, in the 1902 Rose Bowl.

Awards and honors

All-Western players

For the complete All-Western selections, see 1901 All-Western college football team.

The following Western Conference players were selected as first-team players on the 1901 All-Western college football team by at least two of the following selectors: Chicago American (CA), Chicago Daily News (CDN), Chicago Record-Herald (CRH), Chicago Tribune (CT), and Walter Camp (WC):

  • William Juneau, end, Wisconsin (CA, CDN, CRH, CT, WC)
  • Neil Snow, end/fullback, Michigan (CA, CDN, CRH, WC)
  • Bruce Shorts, tackle, Michigan (CA, CRH, CT, WC)
  • Arthur Hale Curtis, tackle, Wisconsin (CA, CDN, CRH, CT)
  • John G. Flynn, guard, Minnesota (CA, CRH, WC)
  • Jake Stahl, guard, Illinois (CA, CDN, CRH, CT)
  • Fred Lowenthal, center, Illinois (CA, CT, WC)
  • Leroy Albert Page, Jr., center, Minnesota (CDN, CRH)
  • Boss Weeks, quarterback, Michigan (CA, CDN, CRH, WC)
  • Willie Heston, halfback, Michigan (CA, CRH, WC)
  • Al Larson, halfback, Wisconsin (CA, CDN, CRH, CT, WC)
  • Everett Sweeley, fullback/halfback, Michigan (CDN, CT)
  • G. O. Dietz, fullback/guard, Northwestern (CDN, WC)
  • Earl Driver, fullback, Wisconsin (CA, CRH)

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 1901 College Football All-America Team.

Only one Western Conference player was selected as a first-team player on the 1901 College Football All-America Team:

References

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