1901 Delaware football team

1901 Delaware football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Herbert Rice (5th season)
Captain	John Huxley
Home stadium	Union Street Grounds

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 1901 Delaware football team represented Delaware College—now known as the University of Delaware–as an independent during the 1901 college football season. Led by Herbert Rice in his fifth and final year as head coach, Delaware compiled a record of 5–4.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21		Williamson	Newark, DE	W 5–0
October 5		Maryland	Union Street Grounds Wilmington, DE	W 24–6	500
October 12		at Swarthmore	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	L 0–10	500
October 19	3:00 p.m.	Haverford	Union Street Grounds Wilmington, DE	W 6–0
October 26	3:00 p.m.	Franklin & Marshall	Union Street Grounds Wilmington, DE	L 2–21
November 2		at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 6–5
November 9		Johns Hopkins	Union Street Grounds Wilmington, DE	L 0–27
November 16		St. John's (MD)	Union Street Grounds Wilmington, DE	L 5–32
November 28		Lebanon Valley	Union Street Grounds Wilmington, DE	W 5–0	2,000
All times are in Eastern time