1901 Wesleyan Methodists football team

The 1901 Wesleyan Methodists football team was an American football team that represented Wesleyan University as an independent 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.

1901 Wesleyan Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
1901 record3–6–1
Head coachRobert P. Wilson (4th season)
Home stadiumAndrus Field
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard   –    12 –0 –0
Yale   –    11 –1 –1
Cornell   –    11 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –    10 –1 –0
Massachusetts   –    9 –1 –0
Princeton   –    9 –1 –1
Syracuse   –    7 –1 –0
Holy Cross   –    7 –1 –1
Geneva   –    6 –1 –1
Army   –    5 –1 –2
Western U. of Penn   –    7 –2 –1
Washington & Jefferson   –    6 –2 –1
Lafayette   –    9 –3 –0
Frankin & Marshall   –    7 –3 –1
Penn   –    10 –5 –0
Buffalo   –    4 –2 –0
Columbia   –    8 –5 –0
Fordham   –    2 –1 –1
Penn State   –    5 –3 –0
Bucknell   –    6 –4 –0
Temple   –    3 –2 –0
NYU   –    4 –3 –1
Tufts   –    6 –6 –1
Vermont   –    5 –5 –1
Dickinson   –    3 –4 –0
Carlisle   –    5 –7 –1
Amherst   –    4 –6 –2
Brown   –    4 –7 –1
Villanova   –    2 –3 –0
Wesleyan   –    3 –6 –1
Pittsburgh College   –    1 –2 –0
Colgate   –    2 –5 –0
Boston College   –    1 –8 –0
Lehigh   –    1 –11 –0
New Hampshire   –    0 –6 –0
Rutgers   –    0 –7 –0

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Tufts
L 0–5[2]
October 5Springfield
  • Andrus Field
  • Middletown, CT
W 2–0[3]
October 9at Yale
L 0–24[4]
October 12Massachusetts
  • Andrus Field
  • Middletown, CT
L 0–6[5]
October 16at Harvard
L 0–16[6]
October 26Vermont
  • Andrus Field
  • Middletown, CT
T 0–0[7]
November 2at Dartmouth
  • Alumni Oval
  • Hanover, NH
L 12–29[8]
November 9at WilliamsWilliamstown, MAL 5–11[9]
November 16Trinity (CT)
  • Andrus Field
  • Middletown, CT (rivalry)
W 11–0[10]
November 23at Amherst
  • Pratt Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 15–11[11]
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References
  1. "1901 Wesleyan (CT) Cardinals Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  2. "Tufts 5, Wesleyan 0". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "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.
  4. "Yale, 24; Wesleyan, 0". New York Daily Tribune. October 10, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Wesleyan Lost by Poor Playing". Hartford Courant. October 14, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Harvard Slow: Scores Only 16 Points on Weak Wesleyan Eleven". The Boston Sunday Globe. October 17, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "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.
  8. "Dartmouth, 29; Wesleyan, 12". The New York Times. November 3, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Williams, 11; Wesleyan, 5". New York Daily Tribune. November 10, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Methodists Won From Trinity". The Pittsburg Press. November 17, 1901. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Wesleyan 15, Amherst 11". Boston Post. November 24, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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