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1901 NYU Violets football team

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1901 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
 1900
1902 
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard  1200
Yale  1111
Cornell  1110
Dartmouth  1010
Massachusetts  910
Princeton  911
Syracuse  710
Geneva  711
Holy Cross  711
Army  512
Western U. of Penn  721
Lafayette  930
Swarthmore  822
Washington & Jefferson  622
Franklin & Marshall  731
Penn  1050
Buffalo  420
Columbia  850
Fordham  211
Penn State  530
Bucknell  640
Temple  320
NYU  431
Pittsburgh College  330
Tufts  661
Vermont  551
Carlisle  571
Dickinson  460
Brown  471
Villanova  230
Drexel  251
Colgate  250
Boston College  180
Lehigh  1110
New Hampshire  060
Rutgers  070

The 1901 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In their first year under head coach W. H. Rorke, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5at St. Paul's SchoolGarden City, NYW 16–0[1]
October 9at PrincetonL 0–23[2]
October 19St. Stephen's
W 40–0[3]
October 26at Rutgers
W 16–0[4]
November 5Bellevue Medical College
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–11[5]
November 9at Trinity (CT)
L 5–16[6]
November 16RPIW 46–5[7]
November 23Union (NY)
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
T 11–11[8]

References

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  1. "N.Y.U. eleven won easily". The New York Times. October 6, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Princeton 23, N.Y. University 0". New York Tribune. October 10, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "N.Y.U. 40, St. Stephen's 0". The New York Times. October 20, 1901. p. 12. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "N.Y.U., 16; Rutgers, 0". The New York Times. October 27, 1901. p. 16. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bellevue Medical 11, N.Y.U. 0". The New York Times. November 6, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Trinity's good play - Defeated New York University 16 to 5". The Hartford Daily Courant. November 11, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "N.Y.U. 46, Rensselaer 5". The New York Times. November 17, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "N.Y.U. and Union battle to a draw". The Sun. November 24, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.