1901 Northwestern Purple football team

1901 Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record8–2–1 (3–2 Western)
Head coach
CaptainCyrus E. Dietz
Home stadiumSheppard Field
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
1901 Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan + 4 0 0 11 0 0
Wisconsin + 2 0 0 9 0 0
Minnesota 3 1 0 9 1 1
Illinois 4 2 0 8 2 0
Northwestern 3 2 0 8 2 1
Indiana 1 2 0 6 3 0
Purdue 0 3 1 4 4 1
Chicago 0 4 1 8 6 2
Iowa 0 3 0 6 3 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1901 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1901 Western Conference football season. In its third season under head coach Charles M. Hollister, the team compiled an 8–2–1 record, finished in fifth place in the Western Conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 161 to 77. The team's sole losses were to undefeated Michigan and one-loss Minnesota.[1][2]

Guard Cyrus E. Dietz was the team captain.[3] His brother, G. O. Dietz, played at the fullback position and was selected as a first-team player on the 1901 All-Western college football teams of the Chicago Daily News and Walter Camp.[4][5]

  1. ^ "1901 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  3. ^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 106.
  4. ^ "The All-Western Fiction". The Minneapolis Journal. December 2, 1901. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Walter Camp's All-Western Team". The Michigan Alumnus. January 1902. p. 179.