| 1901 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
| Conference | Western Conference |
|---|---|
| 1901 record | 8–2 (4–2 Western) |
| Head coach | Edgar Holt (1st season) |
| Captain | Justa Lindgren |
| Home stadium | Illinois Field |
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Template:1901 Western Conference football standings The 1901 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1901 Western Conference football season. In its first season under head coach Edgar Holt, the team compiled an 8–2 record, finished in fourth place in the Western Conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 243 to 39.[1]
Tackle Justa Lindgren was the team captain.[2] Two Illinois players received honors on the 1901 All-Western college football team:
- Guard Jake Stahl - first-team honors from the Chicago American, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Record-Herald, and Chicago Tribune
- Center Fred Lowenthal - first-team honors from the Chicago American, Chicago Tribune, and Walter Camp.
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | [[{{{school}}}|Englewood High School]]* | W 39–0 | 700 | [5] | |
| October 5 | Marion Sims* |
| W 52–0 | 1,200 | [6] |
| October 11 | Chicago College of Physicians & Surgeons* |
| W 23–0 | [7] | |
| October 12 | Washington (MO)* |
| W 21–0 | [8] | |
| October 19 | at Chicago | W 24–0 | [9] | ||
| October 26 | Northwestern |
| L 11–17 | [10] | |
| November 2 | at Indiana |
| W 18–0 | [11] | |
| November 9 | at Iowa | W 27–0 | 5,000 | [12] | |
| November 16 | at Purdue | W 28–6 | [13] | ||
| November 28 | Minnesota |
| L 0–16 | [14] | |
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References[]
- ↑ "1901 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/illinois/1901-schedule.html. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book". University of Illinois. 2015. p. 156. http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ↑ "The All-Western Fiction". The Minneapolis Journal: p. 8. December 2, 1901.
- ↑ "Walter Camp's All-Western Team". The Michigan Alumnus: p. 179. January 1902. https://books.google.com/books?id=uBniAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ "Illinois Defeats Englewood". The Chicago Tribune: p. 18. September 29, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29533278/illinois_defeats_englewood/.
- ↑ "Illinois Game Is One-Sided: Marion Sims Defeated by Score of 52 to 0 at State University Grounds". The Chicago Tribune: p. 17. October 6, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29533336/illinois_game_is_onesided_marion_sims/.
- ↑ "Illini Surprise Themselves: State University Scores Twenty-Three Points Against Heavy Physicians and Surgeons Eleven". The Chicago Tribune: p. 6. October 12, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29533412/illini_surprise_themselves_state/.
- ↑ "Champaign Defeated Washington Yesterday 21 To 0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch: p. B3. October 13, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29537354/champaign_defeated_washington_yesterday/.
- ↑ "Illini Smother Heavy Maroons". The Sunday Inter Ocean: pp. 21-22. October 20, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29537240/illini_smother_heavy_maroons/.
- ↑ "Tandem Beats Illinois: Northwestern Upsets Football Calculations". The Chicago Tribune: p. 17. October 27, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29537047/tandem_beats_illinois_northwestern/.}
- ↑ "Lost To Illinois: Indiana No Longer Champion of the Two States". The Indianapolis Journal: p. 7. November 3, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29536906/lost_to_illinois_indiana_no_longer/.
- ↑ "Iowa Easily Defeated". The Des Moines Register: p. 4. November 10, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29536672/iowa_easily_defeated/.
- ↑ "Lost By Purdue: Hard and Fast Game with the University of Illinois". The Indianapolis Journal: p. 1. November 17, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29536525/lost_by_purdue_hard_and_fast_game_with/.
- ↑ "Giant Gophers Defeat Illinois: Minnesota Wins Champaign Football Game". The Inter Ocean: p. 3. November 29, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29530346/giant_gophers_defeat_illinois/.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ FightingIllini.com All-Time Rosters
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