1901 Syracuse Orangemen football team

American college football season

1901 Syracuse Orangemen football

Conference| Independent
Record| 7–1
Head coach|

* Edwin Sweetland (2nd season)

Captain| Lynn Wycoff
Home stadium| Old Oval

Seasons

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1901 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | 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
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 2
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 2
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
Pittsburgh College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  | - | 1
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 1
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  | - | 1
Dickinson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 1
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 11  | - | 0
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0

The 1901 Syracuse Orangemen football team was an American football team that represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its second season under head coach Edwin Sweetland, the team compiled a 7–1 record.[1] Lynn Wycoff was the team captain.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 21| Cortland|

* Old Oval
* Syracuse, NY

| W 35–0| |
September 28| RPI|

* Old Oval
* Syracuse, NY

| W 26–0| | [2]
October 5| at Brown|

* Andrews Field
* Providence, RI

| W 20–0| 500| [3]
October 12| Lafayette|

* Old Oval
* Syracuse, NY

| L 0–5| 2,500| [4]
October 19| Clarkson|

* Old Oval
* Syracuse, NY

| W 27–0| | [5]
October 26| Amherst|

* Old Oval
* Syracuse, NY

| W 28–17| 5,000| [6]
November 9| at Columbia|

* Polo Grounds
* New York, NY

| W 11–5| 3,000| [7]
November 20| Vermont|

* Old Oval
* Syracuse, NY

| W 38–0| 1,000| [8]

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## References

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1. ^ "1901 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
2. ^ "Easy Victory for Syracuse". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. September 29, 1901. p. 18 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "U. of S., 20; Brown, 0". Boston Sunday Post. October 6, 1901. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Syracuse Trounced: Lafayette Outweighed the Salt City Boys". The Buffalo Courier. October 13, 1901. p. 28 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Syracuse 27, Clarkson 0". The Buffalo Times. October 20, 1901. p. 32 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Syracuse Beats Amherst". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 27, 1901. p. 22 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Syracuse The Victor: Little Fellows From Up The State Play Aggressively And Defeat Columbia". New York Daily Tribune. November 10, 1901. p. 10 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Syracuse 38, Vermont 0". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1901. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 7, 2017.

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