1901 Princeton Tigers football team

1901 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–1–1
Head coach	Langdon Lea (1st season)
Captain	Williamson Pell
Home stadium	University 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 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1901 college football season. The team finished with a 9–1–1 record under first-year head coach Langdon Lea. The Tigers won their first nine games, including eight shutouts, and outscored their opponents by a total of 247 to 24. The team's only loss was in the last game of the season by a 12–0 score against Yale.^[1] Princeton end Ralph Tipton Davis was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1901 College Football All-America Team.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Villanova	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 35–0		[3]
October 5	Haverford	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 47–0		[4]
October 9	NYU	University Field Princeton, N	W 23–0		[5]
October 12	Lehigh	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 35–0		[6]
October 16	Dickinson	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 23–0		[7]
October 19	Brown	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 35–0		[8]
October 23	Orange Athletic Club	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 29–0		[9]
October 26	Lafayette	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 6–0	3,000	[10]
November 2	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 8–6		[11]
November 9	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	T 6–6		[12]
November 16	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 0–12	> 19,000	[13]

References

1. "1901 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
3. "Easy Walkover for the Tigers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1901. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Princeton, 47; Haverford, 0". The New York Times. October 6, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Princeton 23, N.Y. University 0". New York Tribune. October 10, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Princeton, 35; Lehigh, 0". The New York Times. October 13, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Princeton, 23; Dickinson, 0". The New York Times. October 17, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Princeton, 35; Brown, 0". New York Daily Tribune. October 20, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Princeton Smashes Orange Line: Offside Play and Fumbling Accompany Tigers' Victory". New York Daily Tribune. October 24, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Princeton, 6; Lafayette, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 27, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Princeton, 8; Cornell, 6". The New York Times. November 3, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Soldiers Tie Princeton: Football Game at West Point Ended with Score Six All". The New York Times. November 10, 1901. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Yale and Cornell Winners: Princeton Unable To Score Against Old Eli; Rout of the Tigers". New York Tribune. November 17, 1901. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.