1901 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1901 Syracuse Orangemen football team was an American football team that represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its second season under head coach Edwin Sweetland, the team compiled a 7–1 record.^[1] Lynn Wycoff was the team captain.

1901 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1
Head coach	Edwin Sweetland (2nd season)
Captain	Lynn Wycoff
Home stadium	Old Oval
Seasons ← 1900 1902 →

1901 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					12	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					11	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					10	–	1	–	0
Massachusetts			–					9	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					9	–	1	–	1
Syracuse			–					7	–	1	–	0
Geneva			–					7	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					7	–	1	–	1
Army			–					5	–	1	–	2
Western U. of Penn			–					7	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					8	–	2	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					10	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	2	–	0
Columbia			–					8	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	5	–	1
Carlisle			–					5	–	7	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	7	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					1	–	8	–	0
Lehigh			–					1	–	11	–	0
New Hampshire			–					0	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Cortland	Old Oval Syracuse, NY	W 35–0
September 28	RPI	Old Oval Syracuse, NY	W 26–0		[2]
October 5	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 20–0	500	[3]
October 12	Lafayette	Old Oval Syracuse, NY	L 0–5	2,500	[4]
October 19	Clarkson	Old Oval Syracuse, NY	W 27–0		[5]
October 26	Amherst	Old Oval Syracuse, NY	W 28–17	5,000	[6]
November 9	at Columbia	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 11–5	3,000	[7]
November 20	Vermont	Old Oval Syracuse, NY	W 38–0	1,000	[8]

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