| Club: | Geelong Football Club |
| Season: | 1901 |
| President: | J. McMullen |
| Captain: | Henry Young (1st season) |
| Home Ground: | Corio Oval |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL Season |
| Regularseason Result: | 1st |
| Finals Series: | Finals series Series |
| Finals Result: | Semi-final |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Charlie Coles (24 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1900 |
| Nextseason: | 1902 |
The 1901 VFL season was the Geelong Football Club's fifth season in the Victorian Football League and its first with Henry Young as captain.
Geelong finished the home and away with 14 wins and 3 losses, finishing in first position, winning the minor premiership. In the final series, Geelong lost to in the semi-final. Due to Geelong's great record in the home and away season, Geelong were displeased that the minor premier has the same chance of winning the major premiership as the other finalists. As such, the first Argus system was revoked after only one season.
The leading goalkicker was Charlie Coles with 24 goals.
3 players played all 18 games this season, with a total of 33 players being used. Charlie Coles was the leading goalkicker with 24 goals. 9 players made their VFL debuts and 2 players, both from, Tim McKeegan and Bill Moodie. One player reached the 50 game milestone, Teddy Rankin.
| Denotes statistical category leader for season |
| Player | Games | Goals | Milestones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 4 | VFL Debut (Round 1) | |
| 2 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 17) | |
| 5 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 1) | |
| 14 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 24 | ||
| 17 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 16) | |
| 13 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 9) | |
| 5 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 10) | |
| 10 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 0 | Geelong Debut (Round 6) | |
| 16 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Geelong Debut (Round 6) | |
| 18 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 10) | |
| 13 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 9 | 50th Game (Round 1) | |
| 1 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 16) | |
| 8 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 4 | VFL Debut (Round 14) | |
| 17 | 7 | ||
| Home game | |||
| scope=row | A | Away game | |
|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="background:#FBCEB1; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | SF | Semi-final |
| Round | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | Attendance | Report | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 May | 2 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 21 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | |||
| 2 | 9 May | 6 | 12 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 38 | Brunswick Street Oval | A | - | Report | |||
| 3 | 11 May | 7 | 13 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 26 | Princes Park | A | - | Report | |||
| 4 | 18 May | 4 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 30 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | |||
| 5 | 25 May | 3 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 32 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | |||
| 6 | 1 June | 11 | 12 | 78 | 2 | 5 | 17 | Junction Oval | A | - | Report | |||
| 7 | 3 June | 9 | 11 | 65 | 3 | 4 | 22 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | |||
| 8 | 8 June | 9 | 5 | 59 | 7 | 4 | 46 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | - | Report | |||
| 9 | 22 June | 6 | 16 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 51 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | |||
| 10 | 29 June | 8 | 15 | 63 | 4 | 7 | 31 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | |||
| 11 | 6 July | 2 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 49 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | - | Report | |||
| 12 | 13 July | 12 | 11 | 83 | 6 | 5 | 41 | Victoria Park | A | - | Report | |||
| 13 | 20 July | 8 | 7 | 55 | 4 | 5 | 29 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | |||
| 14 | 27 July | 6 | 13 | 49 | 6 | 9 | 45 | Lake Oval | A | - | Report | |||
| 15 | 10 August | 6 | 18 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 23 | Princes Park | A | - | Report | |||
| 16 | 17 August | 7 | 12 | 54 | 4 | 6 | 30 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | |||
| 17 | 24 August | 5 | 3 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 66 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | |||
| SF | 31 August | 3 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 45 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 10,000 | Report | |||