1901 Harvard Crimson football team

1901 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (Billingsley)
Conference	Independent
1901 record	12–0
Head coach	Bill Reid (1st year)
Home stadium	Soldier's Field

The 1901 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1901 college football season. The team finished with a 12–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by one selector, the Billingsley Report.^[1][2] Michigan compiled an 11–0 record, outscored its opponents 550–0, and was selected as the national champion by three selectors.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 28	Williams*	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, MA	W 16–0
October 2	Bowdoin*	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, MA	W 12–0
October 5	Bates*	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, MA	W 16–6
October 9	Amherst*	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, MA	W 11–0
October 12	Columbia*	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, MA	W 18–0
October 16	Wesleyan*	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, MA	W 16–0
October 19	at Army*	West Point, NY	W 6–0
October 26	Carlisle*	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, MA	W 29–0
November 2	Brown*	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, MA	W 48–0
November 9	at Penn*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 33–6
November 16	Dartmouth*	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, MA	W 27–12
November 23	Yale*	Soldier's Field • Cambridge, MA (The Game)	W 22–0
*Non-conference game.

References

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
2. 1901 Harvard University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on March 26, 2014.