The 1901 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its first season under head coach George S. Stillman, the team compiled an 11–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 251 to 37.
Center Henry Holt was selected by Walter Camp as the first team center on the 1901 All-America team. Other notable players on the 1901 Yale team included halfback George B. Chadwick, quarterback John de Saulles, end Joseph R. Swan, tackle James Hogan, and guard Herman Olcott.
Following the Bulldogs season-ending loss to Harvard, contemporary coverage deemed Harvard undisputed collegiate champion. Years later, Harvard was retrospectively selected as the national champion by Parke H. Davis,Parke Davis' selection for 1901, as published in Spalding's Foot Ball Guide (to which he was a contributor until his death) in 1934 and 1935, was Harvard. a fact in conflict with an NCAA publication, which mentions Yale.
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Roster Andrews, G Benham, HB James Bloomer Burke, T George B. Chadwick, HB Ralston R. Coffin Cruikshank, G John de Saulles, QB Drummond, T Easton, HB Ferguson, E Fox, HB Edgar Glass, G George A. Goss, T Charles Gould, E Chauncey J. Hamlin, C J. B. Hart, HB Hinkle, HB James Hogan, T Henry Holt, C Willard Hyatt, E Thomas R. Johnson, G Philip H. Kunzig, T Harold G. Metcalf, HB Morehead, E Morris, QB Herman Olcott, G Jack Owsley, HB Charles D. Rafferty, E Foster Rockwell, QB Joseph Clinton Roraback Shaw, HB Willard B. Soper, HB Strong, FB Joseph Rockwell Swan, T S. Oakley Van der Poel, FB S. Dwight Ward, E Clarence A Weymouth, FB Frederick W. Wilhelmi, FB
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