1901 Columbia Lions football team

1901 Columbia Lions football
Conference Independent
1901 record 8–5
Head coach George Sanford
Captain Chauncey L. Berrien

The 1901 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 1901 college football season. They finished with a 8–5 record.[1] "In Weekes, Morley, and Berrien, Columbia has a trio that is equalled by no other college this year."[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 28 at Buffalo* Buffalo, New York L 0–5  
October 2 at Rutgers* Neilson Field • New Brunswick, New Jersey W 27–0  
October 5 Williams* W 5–0  
October 12 at Harvard* Soldiers Field • Cambridge, Massachusetts L 0–18  
October 19 Hamilton* W 12–0  
October 26 at Yale* Yale Field • New Haven, Connecticut L 5–10  
October 30 Haverford* W 29–6  
November 2 Penn* W 11–0  
November 5 Georgetown* Polo Grounds • New York, New York W 18–0  
November 9 Syracuse* L 5–11  
November 16 Cornell* L 0–24  
November 22 at Navy* Worden Field • Annapolis, Maryland W 6–5  
November 28 Carlisle* Polo Grounds • New York, New York W 40–12  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

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Season summary

Preseason

Morley resigned as captain and Chauncey L. Berrien took his place.[4]

Week 1: at Buffalo

On the eve of the first game with Buffalo, the faculty announced a number of leading players were forbidden to play.[2]

Week 4: at Harvard

In "the first big football battle of the season," Columbia lost to Harvard 18 to 0. Captain Berrien had been prevented from playing by Columbia faculty.[2]

Week 6: at Yale

Columbia gave Yale one of its hardest games of the season in a 10 to 5 loss, holding the Bulldogs scoreless in the first half.[2]

Week 8: Penn

Columbia defeat Penn 10 to 0, its first victory over Penn since the school instituted a coaching system, and its second ever.[5]

Week 13: Carlisle

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

Columbia rolled up its largest score of the season, defeating the Carlisle Indians 40 to 12. It was 40 to 0 until the final five minutes.[6][7] Starring in the contest was Columbia's backfield of Bill Morley, Harold Weekes, Dick Smith, and Chauncey L. Berrien.

Postseason

In his review of the 1901 football season, Charles Edward Patterson wrote: "Morley, stocky, muscular, not to be denied his two yards help or no help (and three times two means six, or a first down, you know!) able to repeat indefinitely, the best interferer in present day football, a forty yard punter and a drop-kicker who can actually score."[8]

Players

Line

Backfield

Columbia backfield: Morley, Weekes, and Berrien.

Subs

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References

  1. ↑ 1901 Columbia University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on September 26, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Football - The Season of 1901". Harper's Weekly 45: 1062; 1086; 1134.
  3. ↑ "1901 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Football Captain Elected". Columbia Daily Spectator 44 (47). April 12, 1901.
  5. ↑ "Penn Football:Origins to 1901".
  6. ↑ "Carlisle Indians Lose". San Francisco Call 90 (182). November 29, 1901.
  7. ↑ "Columbia, 40 - Carlisle 12". Columbia Daily Spectator 45 (16). December 3, 1901.
  8. ↑ "Review of the Football Season" (PDF). Outing. January 1902. p. 501.
  9. ↑ Hammond, John E. (2009). "Village Life". Oyster Bay. Arcadia Publishing. p. 51.
  10. ↑ "Team Statistics". Columbia Daily Spectator 45 (16). December 3, 1901.
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