1901 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1901 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainJ. M. Kittle
Home stadiumOhio Field
1901 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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
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

The 1901 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team that represented Ohio State University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach John B. Eckstorm, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 94 to 56. J. M. Kittle was the team captain.

During the 1901 season, support for the Ohio State football team grew, and for the first time, the program generated a profit for the university athletic association.

On October 26, 1901, John Sigrist, who played center-rush, sustained a broken vertebrae in a game against Western Reserve. He died from his injuries two days later. He remains the only Ohio State player to have died from injuries sustained in a game.