1901 Colgate football team

1901 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5
Head coach	Charles B. Mason (3rd season)
Captain	Arthur Griffen
Home stadium	Whitnall Field

1901 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					12	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					11	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					10	–	1	–	0
Massachusetts			–					9	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					9	–	1	–	1
Syracuse			–					7	–	1	–	0
Holy Cross			–					7	–	1	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	1	–	1
Army			–					5	–	1	–	2
Western U. of Penn			–					7	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					8	–	2	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					10	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	2	–	0
Columbia			–					8	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Tufts			–					6	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	5	–	1
Dickinson			–					3	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	7	–	1
Brown			–					4	–	7	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					1	–	8	–	0
Lehigh			–					1	–	11	–	0
New Hampshire			–					0	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1901 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Charles B. Mason, the team compiled a 2–5 record. Arthur Griffen was the team captain.^[1] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
	Colgate Academy	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 12–6		[1]
September 28	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–17	1,000	[2][3]
October 9	at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	L 0–29		[4]
October 19	at Union (NY)	Schenectady, NY	L 0–21		[5]
October 26	Rochester	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	L 6–11		[6]
November 1	at Hobart	Geneva, NY	W 11–10		[7]
November 9	Hamilton	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–12		[8]

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "Cornell Wins From Colgate". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 29, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.(Percy Field)
3. "Cornell Wins First Game". The Times (Philadelphia). September 29, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.(attendance: 1,000)
4. "Williams Blanked Colgate". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Union, 21; Colgate, 0". New York Tribune. October 20, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Rochester Team Beats Colgate". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 27, 1901. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Colgate Beats Hobart". Buffalo Courier. November 2, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Hamilton, 12; Colgate, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 10, 1901. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.