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The 1901 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1901 Western Conference football season . In its third season under head coach Charles M. Hollister , the team compiled an 8–2–1 record, finished in fifth place in the Western Conference , and outscored opponents by a total of 161 to 77. The team's sole losses were to undefeated Michigan and one-loss Minnesota .[1] [2]
Guard Cyrus E. Dietz was the team captain.[3] G. O. Dietz , played at the fullback position and was selected as a first-team player on the 1901 All-Western college football teams of the Chicago Daily News and Walter Camp .[4] [5]
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↑ "1901 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1901-schedule.html . Retrieved March 15, 2019 .↑ "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" . Northwestern University. p. 106. https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nusports.com/documents/2017/7/21/Northwestern_2017_Media_Guide.pdf . Retrieved June 16, 2018 .↑ 2017 Media Guide, p. 106.
↑ "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 .↑ "Purple Eleven In First Test: Soldiers From Fort Sheridan Beaten by Northwestern in Short Game" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 7. September 19, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553744/purple_eleven_in_first_test_soldiers/ .↑ "Purple Team In Tryout: Naperville Is Defeated By Northwestern University" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 19. September 22, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553667/purple_team_in_tryout_naperville_is/ .↑ "Purple, 47; Lombard, 0: Northwestern Outclasses The Galesburg Eleven" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 17. September 29, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553538/purple_47_lombard_0_northwestern/ .↑ "Hard Game For Purple: Lake Forest Holds Northwestern To Low Score" . The Chicago Tribune : pp. 17-18. October 6, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553449/hard_game_for_purple_lake_forest_holds/ .↑ "Win Game on a Safety" . Chicago Tribune : p. 17. October 13, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21000794/win_game_on_a_safety/ .↑ "Michigan Rubbed It In: Made Dr. Hollister's Star Eleven Look Cheap" . Detroit Free Press : pp. 1, 8. October 20, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6616293/michigan_rubbed_it_in_made_dr/ .↑ "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/ .↑ "Chicago Loses To Purple Team: Northwestern Scores 6 Points to the Maroons' 5 in Game at Marshall Field" . The Chicago Tribune : pp. 17-18. November 10, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553214/chicago_loses_to_purple_team/ .↑ "Purple Team Is Tied By Beloit" . The Chicago Tribune : pp. 17-18. November 17, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553365/purple_team_is_tied_by_beloit/ .↑ "Gophers Beat Purple" . The Chicago Tribune : p. 17. November 24, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29530443/gophers_beat_purple/ .↑ "A Defeat With Honor: Purdue Scores Against Northwestern, but Is Unable to Win" . The Indianapolis Journal : p. 1. November 29, 1901. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553102/a_defeat_with_honor_purdue_scores/ .
