1901 Carlisle Indians football team

1901 Carlisle Indians football
Conference Independent
1901 record 571
Head coach Pop Warner (3rd year)
Captain Martin Wheelock

The 1901 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indians football team of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School during the 1901 college football season. The Indians were coached by Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner in his 3rd year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 571.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 21 Lebanon Valley Indian Field • Carlisle, PA W 280  
September 28 Gallaudet Indian Field • Carlisle, PA W 196  
October 2 Gettysburg Harrisburg, PA L 56  
October 5 vs. Dickinson Carlisle, PA W 1611  
October 12 vs. Bucknell Williamsport, PA W 65  
October 16 Haverford Indian Field • Carlisle, PA W 290  
October 19 at Cornell Buffalo, NY L 017  
October 26 at Harvard Harvard StadiumAllston, MA L 029  
November 2 at Michigan Bennett ParkDetroit, MI L 022   8,000
November 9 at Navy Annapolis, MD L 516  
November 16 at Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA L 1416  
November 23 vs. Washington & Jefferson Pittsburgh, PA T 00  
November 28 at Columbia Polo GroundsNew York, NY L 1240   6,000
*Non-conference game.

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Season summary

Week 4: vs. Dickinson

Despite the 16 to 11 Carlisle victory,The Dickinsonian called it "the greatest day in the football history of Dickinson."[2]

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.[3]

Week 13: at Columbia

Carlisle at Columbia
1 2Total
Carlisle 0 12 12
Columbia 17 23 40

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.[4][5] Starring in the contest was Columbia's backfield of Bill Morley, Harold Weekes, Dick Smith, and Chauncey L. Berrien.

References

  1. "1901 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".
  2. "Indians 16-Dickinson 11". The Dickinsonian (5). October 11, 1901. p. 1.
  3. "Michigan 22, Carlisle 0" (PDF). The New York Times. 1901-11-03. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  4. "Carlisle Indians Lose". San Francisco Call 90 (182). November 29, 1901.
  5. "Columbia, 40 - Carlisle 12". Columbia Daily Spectator 45 (16). December 3, 1901.


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