1901 Carlisle Indians football team

The 1901 Carlisle Indians football team was an American football that represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its third season under head coach Pop Warner, Carlisle compiled a 5–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 168 to 134.

1901 Carlisle Indians football
Conference	Independent
1901 record	5–7–1
Head coach	Pop Warner (3rd season)
Captain	Martin Wheelock

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
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	3	–	0
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
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Tufts			–					6	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	5	–	1
Dickinson			–					3	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	7	–	1
Amherst			–					4	–	6	–	2
Brown			–					4	–	7	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					1	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					1	–	8	–	0
Lehigh			–					1	–	11	–	0
New Hampshire			–					0	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	7	–	0

Two Carlisle players received honors from Walter Camp on the 1901 All-America team: Martin Wheelock as a second-team tackle and Jimmy Johnson as a third-team quarterback.[1] Johnson was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.[2]

Carlisle was one of three Native American schools in 1901 to field football teams that competed in college football. The other two were Haskell (6–2) in Kansas and Chilocco (2–5) in the Oklahoma Territory.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Lebanon Valley	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 28–0		[3]
September 28	Gallaudet	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 19–6		[4]
October 2	Gettysburg	Harrisburg, PA	L 5–6		[5]
October 5	vs. Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	W 16–11		[6]
October 12	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	W 6–5	5,000	[7]
October 16	Haverford	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 29–0		[8]
October 19	at Cornell	Stadium of the Pan-American Exposition Buffalo, NY	L 0–17	18,000	[9]
October 26	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Allston, MA	L 0–29		[10]
November 2	at Michigan	Bennett Park Detroit, MI	L 0–22	8,000	[11]
November 9	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 5–16		[12]
November 16	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 14–16	10,000	[13]
November 23	vs. Washington & Jefferson	Exposition Park Allegheny City, PA	T 0–0		[14]
November 28	at Columbia	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 12–40	5,000	[15]

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Season summary

Week 4: vs. Dickinson

Despite the 16 to 11 Carlisle victory, The Dickinsonian called it "the greatest day in the football history of Dickinson."[17]

Week 9: at Michigan

The national champion Michigan Wolverines defeated the Carlisle Indians, 22–0, in a game played at Bennett Park in Detroit on November 2. The game was watched by a crowd of 8,000 spectators that included China's Minister to the United States, Wu Ting-Fan, occupying a box with former United States Secretary of War, Russell A. Alger.[18]

Week 13: at Columbia

Carlisle at Columbia

1 2 Total Carlisle 0 12 12 • Columbia 17 23 40 Date: November 28, 1901 Location: Polo Grounds •New York, NY Game attendance: 6,000 Referee: J. C. McCracken (Penn)

The Columbia Lions rolled up their largest score of the season, defeating the Indians 40 to 12. It was 40 to 0 until the final five minutes.[19][20] Starring in the contest was Columbia's backfield of Bill Morley, Harold Weekes, Dick Smith, and Chauncey L. Berrien.

References

1. "All-America Team of 1901". Spalding's Football Guide: 47. 1902. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Google books.
2. "Jimmy Johnson". College Football Hall of Fame. National Football Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
3. "Carlisle's First Game: Indians Defeat Lebanon, 28 to 0--"Pop" Warner Has Large Number of Candidates from Whom to Select Team". The Boston Globe. September 22, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Carlisle 19; Gallaudet 6". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Indians Lost: Redskin Warriors Beaten By Gettysburg Men". The Harrisburg Telegraph. October 3, 1901. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Indians Win: Dickinson Goes Down Before the Red Man's Line". Carlisle Daily Herald. October 6, 1901. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Indians Won From Bucknell Because They Kicked Goal". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 13, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Indians, 29; Haverford, 0". Harrisbug Star-Independent. October 17, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Cornell, I Yell!! Carlisle's football Braves met with Defeat from white Brothers". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 20, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Indians Dangerous Only Once: By a Run, and a Series of Rushes, They Get Within Harvard's Eight-Yard Line". The Boston Sunday Globe. October 27, 1901. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Red Men Fell Before U. of M.: Maize and Blue Scored Three Touchdowns and Goal From Field; Carlisle Put Up Great Defensive Game, But Failed To Make a Point (part 1)". Detroit Free Press. November 3, 1901. p. 1.
12. "Annapolis 16, Carlisle 5: Sailor Boys Redeem Themselves in Second Half". The Minneapolis Tribune. November 10, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Pennsylvania Battles Hard And Wins From Indians, 16 To 14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1901. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Wash.-Jeff. and Indians Fought to a Standstill: Neither Team Could Score". The Pittsburgh Gazette. November 24, 1901. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Columbia Beats Indians: Carlisle School Football Team Scores in Sensational Plays". The New York Times. November 29, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "1901 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".
17. "Indians 16-Dickinson 11". The Dickinsonian (5). October 11, 1901. p. 1.
18. "Michigan 22, Carlisle 0" (PDF). The New York Times. 1901-11-03. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
19. "Carlisle Indians Lose". San Francisco Call. 90 (182). November 29, 1901.
20. "Columbia, 40 - Carlisle 12". Columbia Daily Spectator. 45 (16). December 3, 1901.