1901 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

1901 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference| Western Conference
Record| 8–2 (4–2 Western)
Head coach|

* Edgar Holt (1st season)

Captain| Justa Lindgren
Home stadium| Illinois Field

Seasons

<- 1900

1902 ->

1901 Western Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Michigan \+  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 11  | - | 0  | - | 0
Wisconsin \+  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Minnesota | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 1
Illinois | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Northwestern | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 1
Indiana | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Purdue | 0  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Chicago | 0  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 8  | - | 6  | - | 2
Iowa | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

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.

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## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 28| Englewood High School*|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 39–0| 700| [5]
October 5| Marion Sims*|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 52–0| 1,200| [6]
October 11| Chicago Physicians and Surgeons*|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 23–0| | [7]
October 12| Washington University*|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 21–0| | [8]
October 19| at Chicago|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 24–0| | [9]
October 26| Northwestern|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| L 11–17| | [10]
November 2| at Indiana|

* Newby Oval
* Indianapolis, IN (rivalry)

| W 18–0| | [11]
November 9| at Iowa|

* Iowa Field
* Iowa City, IA

| W 27–0| 5,000| [12]
November 16| at Purdue|

* Stuart Field
* West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)

| W 28–6| | [13]
November 28| Minnesota|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| L 0–16| | [14]

* *Non-conference game

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## Roster

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1901 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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HB | `` | Martin D. Brundage
OT | `` | H.W. Bundy
TE | `` | James F. Cook
TE | `` | William O. Doud
G | `` | Charles A. Fairweather
HB | `` | Harry A. Huntoon
HB | `` | Lee Jutton
OT | `` | Justa M. Lindgren (C)
C | `` | Arthur Lowenthal
QB | `` | George H. McKinley
FB | `` | William A. McKnight
HB | `` | Roy S. Parker
E | `` | Roderick W. Siler
G | `` | Garland Stahl
QB | `` | Lewis A. Stephenson
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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G | `` | Lawrence T. Allen
OT, G | `` | Bernard C. Capen
HB, FB | `` | C.M. Cayou
HB, G | `` | W. Coons
FB | `` | Walter Dakin
OT | `` | Lawrence S.D. Fairchild
TE | `` | A.E. Logeman
G | `` | Walter F. Smock
G | `` | Clyde E. Stone
C | `` | Joseph W. Wilson

Head coach

Edgar Holt

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster
Last update: November 16, 2016

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## References

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1. ^ "1901 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 156. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
3. ^ "The All-Western Fiction". The Minneapolis Journal. December 2, 1901. p. 8.
4. ^ "Walter Camp's All-Western Team". The Michigan Alumnus. January 1902. p. 179.
5. ^ "Illinois Defeats Englewood". The Chicago Tribune. September 29, 1901. p. 18 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Illinois Game Is One-Sided: Marion Sims Defeated by Score of 52 to 0 at State University Grounds". The Chicago Tribune. October 6, 1901. p. 17 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Illini Surprise Themselves: State University Scores Twenty-Three Points Against Heavy Physicians and Surgeons Eleven". The Chicago Tribune. October 12, 1901. p. 6 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Champaign Defeated Washington Yesterday 21 To 0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 13, 1901. p. B3 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Illini Smother Heavy Maroons". The Sunday Inter Ocean. October 20, 1901. pp. 21–22 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Tandem Beats Illinois: Northwestern Upsets Football Calculations". The Chicago Tribune. October 27, 1901. p. 17 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Lost To Illinois: Indiana No Longer Champion of the Two States". The Indianapolis Journal. November 3, 1901. p. 7 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Iowa Easily Defeated". The Des Moines Register. November 10, 1901. p. 4 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Lost By Purdue: Hard and Fast Game with the University of Illinois". The Indianapolis Journal. November 17, 1901. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "Giant Gophers Defeat Illinois: Minnesota Wins Champaign Football Game". The Inter Ocean. November 29, 1901. p. 3 - via Newspapers.com.
15. ^ Sports-Reference.com
16. ^ FightingIllini.com All-Time Rosters

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Illinois Fighting Illini football

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* Illinois Field (1890–1922)
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