1901 Northern Illinois State Normal football team

1901 Northern Illinois State Normal football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1
Head coach	John A. H. Keith (3rd season)
Captain	Henry Hausen

1901 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Louis			–					10	–	0	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					7	–	0	–	0
Marquette			–					4	–	0	–	1
Northern Illinois State			–					6	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					8	–	1	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan			–					8	–	2	–	0
Kirksville Osteopaths			–					10	–	3	–	0
Nebraska			–					6	–	2	–	0
Ohio			–					6	–	1	–	2
Doane			–					3	–	1	–	0
Haskell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					10	–	5	–	0
Ohio State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Washington University			–					5	–	3	–	1
Ohio Medical			–					5	–	3	–	1
Iowa State Normal			–					5	–	3	–	2
South Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	2	–	0
Beloit			–					5	–	3	–	3
Washburn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Carthage			–					1	–	1	–	0
Drake			–					4	–	4	–	0
Detroit College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Mount Union			–					5	–	5	–	1
Wittenberg			–					4	–	4	–	0
Kansas State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Michigan Agricultural			–					3	–	4	–	1
Iowa State			–					2	–	6	–	2
Kansas			–					3	–	5	–	2
Wabash			–					4	–	7	–	0
Fairmount			–					3	–	6	–	0
Heidelberg			–					1	–	3	–	1
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	3	–	1
Cincinnati			–					1	–	4	–	1
Case			–					2	–	7	–	0
Missouri			–					1	–	6	–	1
Butler			–					0	–	1	–	0
Chicago Eclectic Medical			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1901 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1901 college football season. They were led by third-year head coach John A. H. Keith. The team finished the season with a 6–1 record. Henry Hausen was the team's captain.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 5	at Sandwich High School	Sandwich, IL	W 23–0	[2][3]
October 12	Sandwich High School	DeKalb, IL	W 21–0	[4]
October 19	at Elgin High School	Elgin, IL	W 10–0	[5]
November 2	North-Western College	DeKalb, IL	W 10–0	[6]
November 9	Plano High School	DeKalb, IL	W 29–0	[2]
November 16	at North-Western College	Naperville, IL	W 17–6	[7]
November 28	Whitewater State	DeKalb, IL	L 0–12	[8]

References

1. "NIU Football 2020 Record Book" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Athletics. p. 184. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
2. DeLassus, David. "Northern Illinois Yearly Results: 1900-1904". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
3. "The Normal football team..." The Daily Chronicle. October 5, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Football games Saturday..." The Daily Chronicle. October 14, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Football Honors". The Daily Chronicle. October 21, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Saturday's Football". The Daily Chronicle. November 4, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
7. "The Normal football team..." The Daily Chronicle. November 18, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "DeKalb Couldn't Yell". The Daily Chronicle. November 29, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.