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1901 Wesleyan Methodists football
ConferenceTriangular Football League
Record3–6–1 (1–1 TFL)
Head coach
Home stadiumAndrus Field
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
1901 Triangular Football League standings
Conf Overall
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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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Tufts*
L 0–5[2]
October 5Springfield YMCA*
  • Andrus Field
  • Middletown, CT
W 2–0[3]
October 9at Yale*
L 0–24[4]
October 12Massachusetts*
  • Andrus Field
  • Middletown, CT
L 0–6[5]
October 16at Harvard*
L 0–16[6]
October 26Vermont*
  • Andrus Field
  • Middletown, CT
T 0–0[7]
November 2at Dartmouth*
L 12–29[8]
November 9at WilliamsWilliamstown, MAL 5–11[9]
November 16Trinity (CT)*
  • Andrus Field
  • Middletown, CT (rivalry)
W 11–0[10]
November 23at Amherst
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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