1901 NYU Violets football
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Conf Overall
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
Dickinson   –   3 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 7 – 1
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 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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5at St. Paul's SchoolGarden City, NYW 16–0[1]
October 9at Princeton
L 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 16RPI
W 46–5[7]
November 23Union (NY)
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
T 11–11[8]

References

  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.


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