1901 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
CaptainLynn Wycoff
Home stadiumOld Oval
Seasons
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1901 Eastern college football independents records
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 Syracuse Orangemen football team was an American football team that represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its second season under head coach Edwin Sweetland, the team compiled a 7–1 record.[1] Lynn Wycoff was the team captain.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Cortland
W 35–0
September 28RPI
  • Old Oval
  • Syracuse, NY
W 26–0[2]
October 5at Brown
W 20–0500[3]
October 12Lafayette
  • Old Oval
  • Syracuse, NY
L 0–52,500[4]
October 19Clarkson
  • Old Oval
  • Syracuse, NY
W 27–0[5]
October 26Amherst
  • Old Oval
  • Syracuse, NY
W 28–175,000[6]
November 9at Columbia
W 11–53,000[7]
November 20Vermont
  • Old Oval
  • Syracuse, NY
W 38–01,000[8]

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References

  1. ^ "1901 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Easy Victory for Syracuse". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. September 29, 1901. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "U. of S., 20; Brown, 0". Boston Sunday Post. October 6, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Syracuse Trounced: Lafayette Outweighed the Salt City Boys". The Buffalo Courier. October 13, 1901. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Syracuse 27, Clarkson 0". The Buffalo Times. October 20, 1901. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Syracuse Beats Amherst". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 27, 1901. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Syracuse The Victor: Little Fellows From Up The State Play Aggressively And Defeat Columbia". New York Daily Tribune. November 10, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Syracuse 38, Vermont 0". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 7, 2017.


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