1901 Northwestern Purple football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1901

| team = Northwestern Purple

| sport = football

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| conference = Western Conference

| short_conf = Western

| record = 8–2–1

| conf_record = 3–2

| head_coach = Charles M. Hollister

| hc_year = 3rd

| captain = Cyrus E. Dietz

| stadium = Sheppard Field

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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.{{cite web|title=1901 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=March 15, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1901-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide|publisher=Northwestern University|page=106|access-date=June 16, 2018|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nusports.com/documents/2017/7/21/Northwestern_2017_Media_Guide.pdf}}

Guard Cyrus E. Dietz was the team captain.2017 Media Guide, p. 106. 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.{{cite news|title=The All-Western Fiction|newspaper=The Minneapolis Journal|date=December 2, 1901|page=8}}{{cite news|title=Walter Camp's All-Western Team|newspaper=The Michigan Alumnus|date=January 1902|page=179|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uBniAAAAMAAJ}}

Schedule

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|September 18||Fort Sheridan|Sheppard Field|Evanston, IL|W 27-0||{{cite news|title=Purple Eleven In First Test: Soldiers From Fort Sheridan Beaten by Northwestern in Short Game|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=September 19, 1901|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553744/purple_eleven_in_first_test_soldiers/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 21||{{cfb link|year=1901|team=Northwestern College|title=Northwestern College}}|Sheppard Field|Evanston, IL|W 30-0||{{cite news|title=Purple Team In Tryout: Naperville Is Defeated By Northwestern University|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=September 22, 1901|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553667/purple_team_in_tryout_naperville_is/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 28||{{cfb link|year=1901|team=Lombard Olive|title=Lombard}}|Sheppard Field|Evanston, IL|W 47-0||{{cite news|title=Purple, 47; Lombard, 0: Northwestern Outclasses The Galesburg Eleven|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=September 29, 1901|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553538/purple_47_lombard_0_northwestern/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 5||Lake Forest|Sheppard Field|Evanston, IL|W 11-0||{{cite news|title=Hard Game For Purple: Lake Forest Holds Northwestern To Low Score|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=October 6, 1901|pages=17–18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553449/hard_game_for_purple_lake_forest_holds/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 12||Notre Dame (rivalry)|Sheppard Field|Evanston, IL|W 2-0||{{cite news|title=Win Game on a Safety|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 13, 1901|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21000794/win_game_on_a_safety/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 19|at|Michigan (rivalry)|Regents Field|Ann Arbor, MI|L 0-29||{{cite news|title=Michigan Rubbed It In: Made Dr. Hollister's Star Eleven Look Cheap|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 20, 1901|pages=1, 8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6616293/michigan_rubbed_it_in_made_dr/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 26|at|Illinois (rivalry)|Illinois Field|Champaign, IL|W 17-11||{{cite news|title=Tandem Beats Illinois: Northwestern Upsets Football Calculations|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=October 27, 1901|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29537047/tandem_beats_illinois_northwestern/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 9|at|Chicago|Marshall Field|Chicago|W 6-5||{{cite news|title=Chicago Loses To Purple Team: Northwestern Scores 6 Points to the Maroons' 5 in Game at Marshall Field|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=November 10, 1901|pages=17–18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553214/chicago_loses_to_purple_team/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 16||Beloit|Sheppard Field|Evanston, IL|T 11-11||{{cite news|title=Purple Team Is Tied By Beloit|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=November 17, 1901|pages=17–18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553365/purple_team_is_tied_by_beloit/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 23||Minnesota|Sheppard Field|Evanston, IL|L 0-16|2,000|{{cite news|title=Gophers Beat Purple|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=November 24, 1901|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29530443/gophers_beat_purple/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 28|at|Purdue|Stuart Field|Lafayette, IN|W 10-5||{{cite news|title=A Defeat With Honor: Purdue Scores Against Northwestern, but Is Unable to Win|newspaper=The Indianapolis Journal|date=November 29, 1901|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29553102/a_defeat_with_honor_purdue_scores/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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