1901 Wesleyan Methodists football team

1901 Wesleyan Methodists football
1901 Wesleyan Methodists football
Conference	Triangular Football League
Record	3–6–1 (1–1 TFL)
Head coach	Robert P. Wilson (4th season);
Home stadium	Andrus Field
	Seasons ← 1900 1902 →

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28	Tufts*	Andrus Field Middletown, CT	L 0–5	^[2]
October 5	Springfield YMCA*	Andrus Field Middletown, CT	W 2–0	^[3]
October 9	at Yale*	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–24	^[4]
October 12	Massachusetts*	Andrus Field Middletown, CT	L 0–6	^[5]
October 16	at Harvard*	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–16	^[6]
October 26	Vermont*	Andrus Field Middletown, CT	T 0–0	^[7]
November 2	at Dartmouth*	Alumni Oval Hanover, NH	L 12–29	^[8]
November 9	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 5–11	^[9]
November 16	Trinity (CT)*	Andrus Field Middletown, CT (rivalry)	W 11–0	^[10]
November 23	at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 15–11	^[11]
*Non-conference game

^ "1901 Wesleyan (CT) Cardinals Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
^ "Tufts 5, Wesleyan 0". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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.
^ "Yale, 24; Wesleyan, 0". New York Daily Tribune. October 10, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wesleyan Lost by Poor Playing". Hartford Courant. October 14, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Harvard Slow: Scores Only 16 Points on Weak Wesleyan Eleven". The Boston Sunday Globe. October 17, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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.
^ "Dartmouth, 29; Wesleyan, 12". The New York Times. November 3, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Williams, 11; Wesleyan, 5". New York Daily Tribune. November 10, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Methodists Won From Trinity". The Pittsburg Press. November 17, 1901. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wesleyan 15, Amherst 11". Boston Post. November 24, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.