1901 Lafayette football team

1901 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–3
Head coach
CaptainWalter E. Bachman
Home stadiumMarch Field
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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

The 1901 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the 1901 college football season. In its third season under head coach Samuel B. Newton, the team compiled a 9–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 240 to 94.

Two of the team's three losses were suffered in games against early professional football teams (Homestead Library & Athletic Club and Philadelphia Athletic Club) made up of all-star rosters.