1901 NYU Violets football team

1901 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3–1
Head coach	W. H. Rorke (1st season)
Home stadium	Ohio 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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In their first year under head coach W. H. Rorke, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 5	at St. Paul's School	Garden City, NY	W 16–0	[1]
October 9	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–23	[2]
October 19	St. Stephen's	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	W 40–0	[3]
October 26	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 16–0	[4]
November 5	Bellevue Medical College	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	L 0–11	[5]
November 9	at Trinity (CT)	Trinity Field Hartford, CT	L 5–16	[6]
November 16	RPI	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 46–5	[7]
November 23	Union (NY)	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	T 11–11	[8]

References

1. "N.Y.U. eleven won easily". The New York Times. October 6, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Princeton 23, N.Y. University 0". New York Tribune. October 10, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "N.Y.U. 40, St. Stephen's 0". The New York Times. October 20, 1901. p. 12. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "N.Y.U., 16; Rutgers, 0". The New York Times. October 27, 1901. p. 16. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Bellevue Medical 11, N.Y.U. 0". The New York Times. November 6, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Trinity's good play - Defeated New York University 16 to 5". The Hartford Daily Courant. November 11, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "N.Y.U. 46, Rensselaer 5". The New York Times. November 17, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "N.Y.U. and Union battle to a draw". The Sun. November 24, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.