1901 Detroit College Tigers football team

The 1901 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its second season under head coach John C. Mackey, the team compiled a 3–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 66 to 58. Four of the team's opponents were high schools, and a fifth game was played against alumni. The only intercollegiate game was an 11–0 victory over Detroit Business University.[1]

1901 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3
Head coach
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
1901 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Louis     10 0 0
North Dakota Agricultural     7 0 0
Marquette     4 0 1
Northern Illinois State     6 1 0
Notre Dame     8 1 1
Ohio Wesleyan     8 2 0
Kirksville Osteopaths     10 3 0
Nebraska     6 2 0
Ohio     6 1 2
Doane     3 1 0
Haskell     6 2 0
Lake Forest     10 5 0
Ohio State     5 3 1
Washington University     5 3 1
Ohio Medical     5 3 1
Iowa State Normal     5 3 2
South Dakota Agricultural     3 2 0
Beloit     5 3 3
Washburn     3 2 3
Carthage     1 1 0
Drake     4 4 0
Detroit College     3 3 0
Mount Union     5 5 1
Wittenberg     4 4 0
Kansas State     3 4 1
Michigan Agricultural     3 4 1
Iowa State     2 6 2
Kansas     3 5 2
Wabash     4 7 0
Fairmount     3 6 0
Heidelberg     1 3 1
Miami (OH)     1 3 1
Cincinnati     1 4 1
Case     2 7 0
Missouri     1 6 1
Butler     0 1 0
Chicago Eclectic Medical     0 3 0

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Detroit University SchoolDetroit, MIL 11–12[2]
October 18Mount Clemens High SchoolMount Clemens, MIL 11–24[3]
October 24Western High School
W 12–5[4]
November 204:00 p.m.Detroit Business University
  • Bennett Park
  • Detroit, MI
W 11–0350[5]
Central High SchoolDetroit, MIL 5–6
November 28Detroit College alumni
  • Bennett Park
  • Detroit
W 16–11

References

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  1. ^ "Detroit Yearly Results (1900-1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Umpire Didn't Know the Game". Detroit Free Press. October 6, 1901. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Defeat for Detroit College". Detroit Free Press. October 18, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Western High School Eleven Beaten". Detroit Free Press. October 25, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Too Much Wrangling: Detroit College-Business University Match a Fiasco". Detroit Free Press. November 21, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.