1900 Wesleyan Methodists football team
| 1900 Wesleyan Methodists football | |
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TFL champion | |
| Conference | Triangular Football League |
| Record | 5–4 (2–0 TFL) |
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| Home stadium | Andrus Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wesleyan $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1900 Wesleyan Methodists football team represented Wesleyan University as a member of the Triangular Football League (TFL) during the 1900 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Robert P. Wilson, the Methodists compiled an overall record of 5–4 with mark of 2–0 in conference play, winning the TFL title.[1] Wesleyan played home games at Andrus Field in Middletown, Connecticut.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | 3:00 p.m. | at Harvard* | L 0–24 | 1,000–1,500 | [2][3][4][5] | |
| October 6 | at Columbia* | L 0–12 | 2,000 | [6][7] | ||
| October 13 | Massachusetts* | W 17–0 | [8] | |||
| October 20 | at Yale* | L 0–38 | 4,000 | [9] | ||
| October 27 | 3:00 pm. | at Trinity (CT)* | Hartford, CT | L 0–5 | 400 | [10] |
| November 3 | at Dartmouth* |
| W 16–5 | [11] | ||
| November 10 | Holy Cross* |
| W 11–5 | [12][13] | ||
| November 17 | at Williams | W 35–0 | [14] | |||
| November 24 | Amherst |
| W 17–0 | 1,000 | [15] | |
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References
- ↑ "The Amherst College Olio 1902". The Amherst College Olio. Amherst, Massachusetts: The Junior Class of Amherst College: 160. 1900. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ "Stubborn Third.—Harvard Varsity Still in Poor Shape.—Hope to Prevent Wesleyan From Scoring This Afternoon". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 29, 1900. p. 4. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Four Touchdowns.—Best That Harvard Could Do In The First Game". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 30, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Football Battles Begin.—Harvard 'Varsity Defeats Wesleyan By A Score of 24 to 0". The Sun. New York, New York. September 30, 1900. p. 5. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Harvard Defeats Wesleyan 24 to 0". Boston Post. September 30, 1900. p. 9 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ↑ "In the Football World.—Columbia 'Varsity Subdues Wesleyan Eleven, 10 To 0". The Sun. New York, New York. October 7, 1900. p. 8. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Columbia Beat Wesleyan". The New York Times. October 7, 1900. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Wesleyan 17, Aggies 0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 15, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Shock For Yale: Wesleyan Boys Got to Her 15-Yard Line". The Boston Globe. October 21, 1900. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Football Games.—Trinity Scored Victory Over Wesleyan's Team". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 28, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Wesleyan, 16; Dartmouth, 5". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 4, 1900. p. 18. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Wesleyan, 11; Holy Cross, 5". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 11, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Wesleyan, 11; Holy Cross, 5". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. November 11, 1900. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Wesleyan, 35; Williams, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 18, 1900. p. 10. Retrieved June 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Wesleyan, 17; Amherst, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 25, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "1900 Wesleyan (CT) Cardinals Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 29, 2026.