American college football season
The 1901 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with NCAA-designated "major selectors" retroactively selecting Michigan and Harvard as national champions .[1] [a] [b] The NCAA records book also erroneously lists Yale as Parke H. Davis 's selection. Harvard beat Yale 22–0 the last game of the year.
^ The NCAA Record Book states "Yale" for 1901 as having been solely selected by Parke Davis , which is an error that has been perpetuated since the first appearance of Parke Davis' selections in the NCAA book about 1995.[2] [3] ^ Parke Davis' selection for 1901, as published in Spalding's Foot Ball Guide (to which he was a contributor until his death) for 1934 and 1935, was Harvard.[2] [3] Conference and program changes [ edit ] Rose Bowl [ edit ] The very first collegiate football bowl game was played following the 1901 season. Originally titled the "Tournament East-West football game" what is now known as the Rose Bowl Game was first played on January 1, 1902, in Pasadena, California . Michigan defeated Stanford 49–0.
Conference standings [ edit ] Major conference standings [ edit ] Independents [ edit ] Minor conferences [ edit ] Awards and honors [ edit ] All-Americans [ edit ] The consensus All-America team included:
Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team QB Charles Dudley Daly 5'7" 152 Jr. Boston, Massachusetts Army HB Robert Kernan Jr. Brooklyn, New York Harvard HB Harold Weekes 5'10" 178 Jr. Oyster Bay, New York Columbia HB Bill Morley 5'10" 166 Sr. Cimarron, New Mexico Columbia FB Blondy Graydon Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio Harvard E Dave Campbell 6'0" 171 Sr. Waltham, Massachusetts Harvard E Ralph Tipton Davis 5'7" 168 So. Blossburg, Pennsylvania Princeton T Oliver Cutts Sr. North Anson, Maine Harvard T Paul Bunker 5'11" 186 Jr. Alpena, Michigan Army G Bill Warner 6'4" 210 Jr. Springville, New York Cornell G William George Lee Sr. Leavenworth, Kansas Harvard C Henry Holt Jr. Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx , New York Yale C Walter E. Bachman Sr. Phillipsburg, New Jersey Lafayette G Charles A. Barnard Sr. Washington, D. C. Harvard G Sanford Hunt So. Irvington, New Jersey Cornell T Crawford Blagden Sr. New York, New York Harvard E Edward Bowditch So. Albany, New York Harvard E Neil Snow 5'8" 190 Sr. Detroit , Michigan Michigan
Statistical leaders [ edit ] Player scoring most points: Bruce Shorts , Michigan , 123 Rushing leader: Willie Heston , Michigan, 684 Rushing avg. leader: Willie Heston, 10.2 Rushing touchdowns leader: Willie Heston, 20 References [ edit ] ^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF) . Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved October 16, 2009 . ^ a b Okeson , Walter R., ed. (1934). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1934 . New York: American Sports Publishing Co. p. 206. ^ a b Okeson, Walter R., ed. (1935). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1935 . New York: American Sports Publishing Co. p. 233.