1901 Wesleyan Methodists football team
American college football season
| 1901 Wesleyan Methodists football | |
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| Conference | Triangular Football League |
| Record | 3–6–1 (1–1 TFL) |
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| Home stadium | Andrus Field |
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| Williams $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wesleyan | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1901 Wesleyan Methodists football team was an American football team that represented Wesleyan University as a member of the Triangular Football League (TFL) during the 1901 college football season. In its third season under head coach Robert P. Wilson, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 102 to 45.[1] The team played its home games at Andrus Field in Middletown, Connecticut.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 28 | Tufts* |
| L 0–5 | [2] | ||
| October 5 | Springfield YMCA* |
| W 2–0 | [3] | ||
| October 9 | at Yale* |
| L 0–24 | [4] | ||
| October 12 | Massachusetts* |
| L 0–6 | [5] | ||
| October 16 | at Harvard* | L 0–16 | [6] | |||
| October 26 | Vermont* |
| T 0–0 | [7] | ||
| November 2 | at Dartmouth* |
| L 12–29 | [8] | ||
| November 9 | at Williams | Williamstown, MA | L 5–11 | [9] | ||
| November 16 | Trinity (CT)* |
| W 11–0 | [10] | ||
| November 23 | at Amherst |
| W 15–11 | [11] | ||
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References
- ^ "1901 Wesleyan (CT) Cardinals Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ "Tufts 5, Wesleyan 0". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wesleyan Made Experiments: It Defeated Springfield Training School 29 to 0, and Tried Out Some New Plays". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 6, 1901. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Yale, 24; Wesleyan, 0". New York Daily Tribune. October 10, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wesleyan Lost by Poor Playing". Hartford Courant. October 14, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard Slow: Scores Only 16 Points on Weak Wesleyan Eleven". The Boston Sunday Globe. October 17, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Neither Side Scored: Close and Exciting Contest Between Vermont and Wesleyan". The Burlington Free Press and Times. October 28, 1901. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dartmouth, 29; Wesleyan, 12". The New York Times. November 3, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Williams, 11; Wesleyan, 5". New York Daily Tribune. November 10, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Methodists Won From Trinity". The Pittsburg Press. November 17, 1901. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wesleyan 15, Amherst 11". Boston Post. November 24, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
