1901 Harvard Crimson football team

1901 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (Billingsley)
Conference	Independent
1901 record	12–0
Head coach	Bill Reid (1st season)
Home stadium	Soldier's Field
Seasons

1901 college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					12	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	1	–	1
California			–					9	–	0	–	1
Stetson			–					1	–	0	–	0
Cornell			–					11	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					10	–	1	–	0
Massachusetts			–					9	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					9	–	1	–	1
Notre Dame			–					8	–	1	–	1
Kentucky U.			–					7	–	1	–	1
Army			–					5	–	1	–	2
Connecticut			–					8	–	2	–	0
Virginia			–					8	–	2	–	0
Texas			–					8	–	2	–	1
Arizona			–					4	–	1	–	0
Washington Agricultural			–					4	–	1	–	0
Nebraska			–					7	–	2	–	0
Western U. of Penn			–					7	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	3	–	0
Utah			–					3	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					10	–	5	–	0
Gallaudet			–					4	–	2	–	2
William & Mary			–					2	–	1	–	1
Columbia			–					8	–	5	–	0
Baylor			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Ohio State			–					5	–	3	–	1
VMI			–					4	–	3	–	0
Washington			–					4	–	3	–	0
Navy			–					6	–	4	–	1
Stanford			–					3	–	2	–	2
Oklahoma			–					3	–	2	–	0
Drake			–					4	–	4	–	0
Detroit			–					3	–	3	–	0
Kansas State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Michigan Agricultural			–					3	–	4	–	1
Oregon			–					3	–	4	–	1
Carlisle			–					5	–	7	–	1
Montana			–					2	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma A&M			–					2	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					2	–	3	–	0
Arkansas			–					3	–	5	–	0
Kansas			–					3	–	5	–	2
Furman			–					1	–	2	–	1
Texas A&M			–					1	–	4	–	0
Missouri			–					1	–	6	–	1
Maryland			–					1	–	7	–	0
Boston College			–					1	–	8	–	0
Florida Agricultural			–					0	–	1	–	0
Kendall			–					0	–	1	–	0
USC			–					0	–	1	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	2	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1901 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Reid, the team compiled a 12–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 254 to 24.

The team was retroactively named as the national champion by one selector, the Billingsley Report. Michigan was selected as the national champion by three other selectors.

Nine Harvard players received first-team honors from Walter Camp (WC) or Caspar Whitney (CW) on the 1901 All-America team:

• Fullback Thomas Graydon (WC-1, CW-1);
• Halfback Robert Kernan (WC-1, CW-1);
• Halfback A. W. Ristine (WC-2);
• Tackle Oliver Cutts (WC-1, CW-1);
• Tackle Crawford Blagden (WC-2; CW-1);
• Guard William George Lee (WC-1, CW-2);
• Guard Charles A. Barnard (WC-2, CW-1);
• End Dave Campbell (WC-1, CW-2); and
• End Edward Bowditch (WC-2, CW-1).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Williams	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA	W 16–0
October 2	[[{{{school}}}|Bowdoin]]	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA	W 12–0
October 5	Bates	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA	W 16–6
October 9	Amherst	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA	W 11–0
October 12	Columbia	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 18–0
October 16	Wesleyan	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA	W 16–0
October 19	at Army	West Point, NY	W 6–0
October 26	Carlisle	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA	W 29–0
November 2	Brown	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA	W 48–0	5,000
November 9	Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 33–6
November 16	Dartmouth	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 27–12
November 23	Yale	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 22–0

References

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