1901 Columbia Blue and White football team

The 1901 Columbia Blue and White football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach George Sanford, the team compiled an 8–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 158 to 91. Chauncey L. Berrien was the team captain.

1901 Columbia Blue and White football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–5
Head coach
CaptainChauncey L. Berrien
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1901 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
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
Holy Cross    7 1 1
Geneva    6 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
Pittsburgh College    3 2 0
Temple    3 2 0
NYU    4 3 1
Tufts    6 6 1
Vermont    5 5 1
Dickinson    3 4 0
Carlisle    5 7 1
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

Two Columbia backs were selected as first-team players on the 1901 All-America team: Harold Weekes (from Walter Camp) and Bill Morley (from Caspar Whitney). Berrien and Richard Shore Smith also played in the backfield.

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