1901 Princeton Tigers football team

1901 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
1901 record	9–1–1
Head coach	Langdon Lea (1st year)
Captain	Williamson Pell
Seasons « 1900 1902 »

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 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. Princeton end Ralph Tipton Davis was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1901 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

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