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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team_1901.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team_1901.jpg/250px-Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team_1901.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team_1901.jpg/375px-Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team_1901.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team_1901.jpg/500px-Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team_1901.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2988" data-file-height="2360" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="width:100%;background-color: #fb0">Professional football champion</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record</th><td class="infobox-data">11–0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Fultz" title="Dave Fultz">Dave Fultz</a><sup id="cite_ref-quaker_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quaker-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Dave Fultz<sup id="cite_ref-quaker_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quaker-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Captain</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Dave Fultz</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Home field</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Pittsburgh)" title="Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)">Exposition Park</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; padding-top: 3px;"><div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center;">Seasons</div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1900_Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1900 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team">1900</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Stars" title="Pittsburgh Stars">1902 Pittsburgh Stars</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1901 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team</b> won the professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> championship of 1901. The team was affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Homestead Library & Athletic Club">Homestead Library & Athletic Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Homestead,_Pennsylvania" title="Homestead, Pennsylvania">Homestead, Pennsylvania</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>. The team featured a lineup of former college All-Americans paid by <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>' minority-owner <a href="/wiki/William_Chase_Temple" title="William Chase Temple">William Chase Temple</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1898, <a href="/wiki/William_Chase_Temple" title="William Chase Temple">William Chase Temple</a> took over the <a href="/wiki/Duquesne_Country_and_Athletic_Club" title="Duquesne Country and Athletic Club">Duquesne Country and Athletic Club</a>, becoming the first individual team owner in professional football. In 1900, most of the Duquesne players were hired by the Homestead Library & Athletic Club, by offering them higher salaries.<sup id="cite_ref-Pro_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pro-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the next two season (1900 and 1901), Homestead fielded the best professional football team in the country and did not lose a game. </p><p>In August 1901, former <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a> player <a href="/wiki/Dave_Fultz" title="Dave Fultz">Dave Fultz</a> (1875–1959) was hired as the captain of the Homestead team.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fultz played right halfback for Homestead and also played professional baseball from 1898 to 1905. Playing for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> in 1902, Fultz led the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> in runs scored (109) and was third in stolen bases (44). </p><p>In late September 1901, Fultz announced the makeup of the 1901 team.<sup id="cite_ref-Crack_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crack-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The payroll for the 1901 Homestead team was $25,000 a year, which was paid by <a href="/wiki/William_Chase_Temple" title="William Chase Temple">William Chase Temple</a> (owner of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>) and officers of the Carnegie Steel Company.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Fultz first announced the lineup in late September, it included <a href="/wiki/Pete_Overfield" title="Pete Overfield">Pete Overfield</a> (center from Penn), <a href="/wiki/Bemus_Pierce" title="Bemus Pierce">Bemus Pierce</a> (left guard from the Carlisle Indian School), <a href="/wiki/Art_Poe" title="Art Poe">Art Poe</a> (right end from Princeton), <a href="/wiki/Irving_O._Hunt" title="Irving O. Hunt">"Hoppy" Hunt</a> (left end from Brown University), <a href="/wiki/Daff_Gammons" class="mw-redirect" title="Daff Gammons">Daff Gammons</a> (left halfback from Brown who also played baseball for the Boston Beaneater in 1901), <a href="/wiki/Fred_Crolius" title="Fred Crolius">Fred Crolius</a> (fullback from Dartmouth who played professional baseball and ranked fifth in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> after being hit by a pitch 10 times in 1901), Maxson from Maryland, Frank Woodley (quarterback from Penn),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Mosse" title="Arthur Mosse">Arthur Mosse</a> from the University of Kansas (later a coach at Pittsburgh), <a href="/wiki/Bob_Shiring" title="Bob Shiring">Bob Shiring</a> from Pittsburgh, McNulty (right guard from Notre Dame), Weinstein (right tackle from Pittsburgh), Nieman from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a>, Shields from Pittsburgh, and <a href="/wiki/Perry_Hale" title="Perry Hale">Perry Hale</a> (fullback from Yale who also coached the Exeter football team and joined Homestead in mid-November after Exeter's last game).<sup id="cite_ref-Crack_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crack-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Others who played for the 1901 Homestead team include <a href="/wiki/Hawley_Pierce" title="Hawley Pierce">Hawley Pierce</a> (left tackle and brother of Bemus Pierce) and <a href="/wiki/Willis_Richardson_(American_football)" title="Willis Richardson (American football)">Willis "Little" Richardson</a> (quarterback from Brown). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_summary">Season summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Season summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There was no organized professional football league in 1901, and most of Homestead's games were played against college football teams. Early in the season, Homestead played games against teams from Lalus, Ohio Medical College and Baltimore Medical College. Homestead won each of those games by wide margins, including a 42 to 0 margin over Baltimore Medical College on October 26, 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 2, 1901, Homestead played its first game against a significant opponent, defeating the college team from Penn State by a score of 39 to 0.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 6, 1901, Homestead defeated the <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a> football team by a score of 34 to 0. The teams met at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh. Homestead's success in securing a match against one of the major college teams, from one of the Ivy League schools, was considered "the big card of the season" by Homestead management. The Brown faculty consented to allow the game in October. Homestead was a heavy favorite in the game, with one newspaper noting, "While a victory for Brown is too much to expect, the players certainly ought to have a very pleasant trip."<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game's biggest play was a run of 110 yards by Homestead's left halfback, Gammons, who picked up the ball at the back of the goalposts after a blocked kick and "ran the entire length of the field."<sup id="cite_ref-Brown2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was "outweighed and outclassed in all departments."<sup id="cite_ref-Brown2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 16, 1901, Homestead played its second game against a major college team, defeating Lafayette 48 to 0 at Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> By late October 1901, Homestead and Philadelphia team was recognized as the strongest professional football teams in the United States, and a Philadelphia admirer of football offered up a cup to be awarded to the winner in a match between the two teams.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The championship game between Homestead and Philadelphia was the subject of "lively" betting, as reported in the following newspaper story:</p><blockquote><p>"At least $10,000 has already been bet in Pittsburg on the Philadelphia-Homestead football game … Some days ago a sport in Pittsburg from Philadelphia with $3,000 to bet even that Philadelphia team would beat Homestead. He was prepared to bet even, and his money was taken so promptly that he wired Philadelphia for another trunkful of coin. About $2,500 arrived Monday and friends of the Homestead team were ready at the station to meet it. There is yet a lot of loose money to bet that Homestead beats the Quakers and there is a good amount to bet at decent odds that Philadelphia does not score."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> On November 23, 1901, Homestead defeated the <a href="/wiki/Blondy_Wallace" title="Blondy Wallace">Blondy Wallace</a>'s Philadelphia professionals for "the athletic championship of the United States." The game was played at the Philadelphia park, and Homestead won by a score of 18 to 0. Newspaper accounts indicate that Philadelphia "was completely outplayed and never menaced the Homestead goal."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another account reported that the Philadelphia team appeared to be in poor physical condition and was unable to gain ground consistently."<sup id="cite_ref-Many_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Many-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Homestead gained most of its yardage through the Philadelphia line, directing most of its plays at tackle and center.<sup id="cite_ref-Many_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Many-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The New York Times</i> reported on the game as follows:</p><blockquote><p>"Against the well-trained, concerted team work of Homestead they were like so many pigmies. Their line could not hold the fast onslaught of the Western contingent, and after the first ten minutes of play a lack of good physical condition began to assert itself. … The 5,000 spectators present shivered through thirty minute halves and at no time during the game was a real opportunity offered to get enthusiastic over the work of Wallace's [Philadelphia's captain] team. It was an eleven made up of stars against well-trained team work, and the latter triumphed."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>While the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that at least one of Homestead's scores was the result of an error by the umpire, they agreed Homestead was the better team: "The Homestead line was like a stone wall, and only occasionally was Philadelphia able to gain around the ends. Homestead played a team of giants, all in perfect condition, and with a system of team play developed to the highest possible perfection."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 28, 1901, Homestead played a Thanksgiving Day game against the college team from Washington & Jefferson. Homestead won the game 42 to 0 at Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 30, 1901, Homestead finished the season with a rematch against Philadelphia, in a game played two days after the Washington & Jefferson game.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of Homestead's starters, Hawley Pierce and Pete Overfield, were unable to play due to injuries, and captain Dave Fultz was knocked unconscious in the first half. Homestead gave up a touchdown in the first half, the first points scored against them in 1901. But they came back in the second half and won by a score of 6 to 5.<sup id="cite_ref-PFRA_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_and_press_response">Public and press response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Public and press response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Homestead won the professional football championship, the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote the following editorial expressing pride in the accomplishments of Pennsylvania's professional football teams: "It is a curious fact, apropos of the constant charge that Pennsylvania is now a slow state, that the two greatest professional football teams in the country, Philadelphia and Homestead, should have found a spontaneous sort of existence within the Keystone limits, and without fuss or flurry of any kind, be ready to meet all comers."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite their success on the field, the 1901 Homestead team was not a financial success, as "the winningest team in pro football was a financial loser again, dropping $8,000."<sup id="cite_ref-PFRA_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Birthplace_of_the_NFL">Birthplace of the NFL</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Birthplace of the NFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The success of the 1901 Homestead team also spurred interest in the formation of a nationwide professional football league.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One writer opined that Homestead, though an "exceptionally strong organization", were actually too strong a team for the best box office results, as "its games were won too easily."<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Pittsburgh baseball officials Harry Pulliam and Barney Dreyfuss proposed a league with teams in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston and New York. In December 1901, Pulliam told a reporter:</p><blockquote><p>"There were 7,000 persons out to see the Homestead and Philadelphia teams play … and I believe that strong teams evenly matched in the cities named will appeal to the average football crank. Enough graduates and men who are taking post graduate courses at colleges can be found to make strong teams. They would be men who have learned the game at the colleges, but older and stronger, and would have the advantage of playing together year after year more than college players."<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In 1902, Dreyfuss formed the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_(1902)" title="National Football League (1902)">first National Football League</a>, consisting of three teams made up in large part of former Homestead players.<sup id="cite_ref-Pro_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pro-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_schedule">Season schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Season schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>Opponent</th><th>Site</th><th>Result</th><th>Attendance</th></tr><tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 5</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Juniata A.C. (Altoona)</td><td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exposition_Park_(Pittsburgh)" title="Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)">Exposition Park</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegheny, Pennsylvania">Allegheny City, PA</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 45–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 12</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">James F. Lalus (East End)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Exposition Park</li><li>Allegheny City, PA</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 24–5</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 19</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_Ohio_Medical_football_team" title="1901 Ohio Medical football team">Ohio Medical</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Exposition Park</li><li>Allegheny City, PA</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 28–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 26</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Baltimore Medical College</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Exposition Park</li><li>Allegheny City, PA</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 42–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_Penn_State_football_team" title="1901 Penn State football team">Penn State</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Exposition Park</li><li>Allegheny City, PA</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 39–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 5</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_Brown_Bears_football_team" title="1901 Brown Bears football team">Brown</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Exposition Park</li><li>Allegheny City, PA</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 34–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 9</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">James F. Lalus</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Steel Works Park</li><li><a href="/wiki/Homestead,_Pennsylvania" title="Homestead, Pennsylvania">Homestead, PA</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 17–2</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 16</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_Lafayette_football_team" title="1901 Lafayette football team">Lafayette</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Exposition Park</li><li>Allegheny City, PA</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 48–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 23</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies_(NFL)" title="Philadelphia Phillies (NFL)">Philadelphia A.C.</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Bowl" title="Baker Bowl">National League Park</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, PA</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 18–0</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 28</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_Washington_%26_Jefferson_Red_and_Black_football_team" title="1901 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team">Washington & Jefferson</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Exposition Park</li><li>Allegheny City, PA</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 12–0</td><td style="text-align:center">4,200</td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 30</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Philadelphia A.C.</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Exposition Park</li><li>Allegheny City, PA</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 6–5</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1900_Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1900 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team">1900 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-quaker-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-quaker_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-quaker_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121449137/">"Anxious to Meet the Quaker Team"</a>. <i>Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette</i>. October 8, 1901. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Pittsburgh+Commercial+Gazette&rft.atitle=Anxious+to+Meet+the+Quaker+Team&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1901-10-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F121449137%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pro-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pro_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pro_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://foreshock.wordpress.com/origin-of-nfl-teams-1922-present/pro-football-before-the-nfl/">"Pro Football Before The NFL"</a>. Quake City. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090625111707/http://foreshock.wordpress.com/origin-of-nfl-teams-1922-present/pro-football-before-the-nfl/">Archived</a> from the original on June 25, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 20,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pro+Football+Before+The+NFL&rft.pub=Quake+City&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fforeshock.wordpress.com%2Forigin-of-nfl-teams-1922-present%2Fpro-football-before-the-nfl%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Sporting Notes". <i>The Worcester Spy</i>. August 3, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Worcester+Spy&rft.atitle=Sporting+Notes&rft.date=1901-08-03&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Crack-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Crack_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Crack_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Homestead's Crack Team". <i>The Trenton Times</i>. September 27, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Trenton+Times&rft.atitle=Homestead%27s+Crack+Team&rft.date=1901-09-27&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Professional Football. Homestead a 10 to 8 Favorite Against Philadelphia for Saturday's Game". <i>Boston Morning Journal</i>. November 22, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Morning+Journal&rft.atitle=Professional+Football.+Homestead+a+10+to+8+Favorite+Against+Philadelphia+for+Saturday%27s+Game&rft.date=1901-11-22&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Football Notes". <i>Boston Morning Journal</i>. October 5, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Morning+Journal&rft.atitle=Football+Notes&rft.date=1901-10-05&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Sporting Notes". <i>The Worcester Spy</i>. November 15, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Worcester+Spy&rft.atitle=Sporting+Notes&rft.date=1901-11-15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"untitled". <i>Portsmouth Herald</i>. November 13, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Portsmouth+Herald&rft.atitle=untitled&rft.date=1901-11-13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Other Football Games". <i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i>. October 27, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Philadelphia+Inquirer&rft.atitle=Other+Football+Games&rft.date=1901-10-27&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Yesterday's Results". <i>Worcester Sunday Spy</i>. October 27, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Worcester+Sunday+Spy&rft.atitle=Yesterday%27s+Results&rft.date=1901-10-27&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Yesterday's Results". <i>Worcester Sunday Spy</i>. November 3, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Worcester+Sunday+Spy&rft.atitle=Yesterday%27s+Results&rft.date=1901-11-03&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Brown-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Brown_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Brown to Play Homestead: Are Going To Run Up Against Professional Football Team". <i>The Evening Times (Pawtucket)</i>. November 2, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Evening+Times+%28Pawtucket%29&rft.atitle=Brown+to+Play+Homestead%3A+Are+Going+To+Run+Up+Against+Professional+Football+Team&rft.date=1901-11-02&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Brown2-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Brown2_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Brown2_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Brown Eleven is Outclassed: Defeated at Pittsburg by the Homestead Team by 34 to 0". <i>The Evening Times</i>. November 6, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Evening+Times&rft.atitle=Brown+Eleven+is+Outclassed%3A+Defeated+at+Pittsburg+by+the+Homestead+Team+by+34+to+0&rft.date=1901-11-06&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Other Games". <i>The Anaconda Standard</i>. November 17, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Anaconda+Standard&rft.atitle=Other+Games&rft.date=1901-11-17&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Cup For Professionals". <i>The Evening Times</i>. October 31, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Evening+Times&rft.atitle=Cup+For+Professionals&rft.date=1901-10-31&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Betting Is Lively". <i>New Castle News</i>. November 20, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+Castle+News&rft.atitle=Betting+Is+Lively&rft.date=1901-11-20&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Professionals Beaten: It Takes the College Boys to Play the Game after All". <i>The Sunday News Tribune</i>. November 24, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sunday+News+Tribune&rft.atitle=Professionals+Beaten%3A+It+Takes+the+College+Boys+to+Play+the+Game+after+All&rft.date=1901-11-24&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Many-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Many_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Many_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Football On Many Fields, Harvard Is Champion". <i>The Evening Times</i>. November 25, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Evening+Times&rft.atitle=Football+On+Many+Fields%2C+Harvard+Is+Champion&rft.date=1901-11-25&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Homestead 18; Philadelphia 0". <i>The New York Times</i>. November 24, 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Homestead+18%3B+Philadelphia+0&rft.date=1901-11-24&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1901+Homestead+Library+%26+Athletic+Club+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://home.comcast.net/~ghostsofthegridiron/Pros_Homestead_1901.htm">"Homestead Defeats Philadelphia In a Well Played Football Game: Captain Wallace's Team Goes Under to the Tune of 18 to 0"</a>. <i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i>. November 24, 1901<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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