1901 Wesleyan Methodists football team

American college football season

1901 Wesleyan Methodists football

Conference| Triangular Football League
Record| 3–6–1 (1–1 TFL)
Head coach|

* Robert P. Wilson (4th season)

Home stadium| Andrus Field

Seasons

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1902 ->

1901 Triangular Football League standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Williams $  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Wesleyan | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Amherst | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 2

* $ - Conference champion

The 1901 Wesleyan Methodists football team was an American football team that represented Wesleyan University as a member of the Triangular Football League (TFL) 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.

## Schedule

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September 28| Tufts*|

* Andrus Field
* Middletown, CT

| L 0–5| [2]
October 5| Springfield YMCA*|

* Andrus Field
* Middletown, CT

| W 2–0| [3]
October 9| at Yale*|

* Yale Field
* New Haven, CT

| L 0–24| [4]
October 12| Massachusetts*|

* Andrus Field
* Middletown, CT

| L 0–6| [5]
October 16| at Harvard*|

* Soldier's Field
* Cambridge, MA

| L 0–16| [6]
October 26| Vermont*|

* Andrus Field
* Middletown, CT

| T 0–0| [7]
November 2| at Dartmouth*|

* Alumni Oval
* Hanover, NH

| L 12–29| [8]
November 9| at Williams| Williamstown, MA| L 5–11| [9]
November 16| Trinity (CT)*|

* Andrus Field
* Middletown, CT (rivalry)

| W 11–0| [10]
November 23| at Amherst|

* Pratt Field
* Amherst, MA

| W 15–11| [11]

* *Non-conference game

## References

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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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