1901 Gallaudet Bison football team

The 1901 Gallaudet Bison football team was an American football team that represented Gallaudet College, a school for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing located in Washington, D.C. The team competed as an independent during the 1901 college football season and compiled a 4–2–2 record, highlighted by a victory over Georgetown.[1] The team suffered its only losses to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and southern champion Virginia. The scoreless tie with Baltimore Medical College was at the time described by the Deaf-Mutes Journal as the "prettiest game that has been seen in Baltimore."[2] Ely and Rosson were the team's coaches.[3]

1901 Gallaudet Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–2
Head coach
  • Ely and Rosson
CaptainHorace B. Waters
Home stadiumKendall Green
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
1901 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     2 0 0
Stetson     1 0 0
Georgia Tech     4 0 1
Marshall     2 0 1
Kentucky University     7 1 1
VPI     6 1 0
Nashville     6 1 1
Virginia     8 2 0
Texas     8 2 1
Davidson     4 2 0
Baylor     5 3 0
Gallaudet     4 2 2
Sewanee     4 2 2
William & Mary     2 1 1
Navy     6 4 1
VMI     4 3 0
Oklahoma     3 2 0
West Virginia     3 2 0
Delaware     5 4 0
Georgetown     3 3 2
Kendall     2 2 0
Spring Hill     0 0 1
Wilmington Conference Academy     2 2 0
Oklahoma A&M     2 3 0
South Carolina     3 4 0
Arkansas     3 5 0
Add-Ran     1 2 1
Furman     1 2 1
Chilocco     2 5 0
North Carolina A&M     1 2 0
Texas A&M     1 4 0
Maryland     1 7 0
Richmond     1 7 0
Florida Agricultural     0 1 0
Louisiana Industrial     0 2 0
Tusculum        

The team included halfback Gilbert O. Erickson, who received first-team All-Southern honors.[4] Other key players included halfback George Andree, fullback and team captain Horace B. Waters and quarterback Howe W. Phillips.[5]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at Carlisle
L 6–19[6]
October 12at Virginia
L 0–24[7]
October 19at Western MarylandWestminster, MDW 11–0[8]
October 23Villanova
W 12–0[9]
October 26Johns Hopkins
  • Kendall Green
  • Washington, DC
W 12–0[10]
November 2at St. John's (MD)Annapolis, MDT 6–6[11]
November 9at Georgetown
  • Georgetown Field
  • Washington, DC
W 18–6[12][13]
November 28at Baltimore Medical College
T 0–0[14]

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics" (PDF). The Buff and Blue. 10 (4): 166–169. January 1902. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "Gallaudet College". Deaf-Mutes Journal. 30 (49). December 5, 1901.
  3. ^ The Buff and Blue, p. 166.
  4. ^ Oscar P. Schmidt (1902). "Football in the Southern Colleges". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 129.
  5. ^ The Buff and Blue, pp. 166-167.
  6. ^ "Carlisle 19; Gallaudet 6". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Varsity Wins from Gallaudet". The Times. Vol. 16. October 13, 1901.
  8. ^ "Gallaudet, 11; W.M.C., 0". The Baltimore Sun. October 20, 1901. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Victory for Gallaudet: Villanova Lads Defeated on Kendall Green by 12 to 0". The Evening Star. October 24, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Gallaudet, 12; J.H.U., 0". The Baltimore Sun. October 27, 1901. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "St. John's, 6; Gallaudet, 6: Andree, For The Mutes, Makes Great Run For A Tie". The Baltimore Sun. November 3, 1901. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Gallaudet Gained a Decisive Victory Over Georgetown". The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.). November 11, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Defeat For Georgetown". The Washington Times. November 10, 1901. Retrieved August 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.  
  14. ^ "Beautiful Football: Gallaudet And The Meds Play To A Standstill". The Baltimore Sun. November 29, 1901. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.