Year: | 1901 |
Team: | Princeton Tigers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Independent |
Record: | 9–1–1 |
Head Coach: | Langdon Lea |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Captain: | Williamson Pell |
Stadium: | University Field |
The 1901 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1901 college football season. The team finished with a 9–1–1 record under first-year head coach Langdon Lea. The Tigers won their first nine games, including eight shutouts, and outscored their opponents by a total of 247 to 24. The team's only loss was in the last game of the season by a 12–0 score against Yale.[1] Princeton end Ralph Tipton Davis was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1901 College Football All-America Team.[2]