The Albion Methodists football teams (later known as the Albion Britons) represented Albion College in American football during the program's third decade of college football, from 1900 to 1909. The team competed as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Highlights included the following:
Chester Brewer, who was later head coach for 10 years at Michigan Agricultural, was Albion's head coach from 1900 to 1902. Kennedy, who had been the quarterback and captain of the University of Chicago's football teams in 1898 and 1899, was Albion's head coach for the 1904, 1905, 1908, and 1909 seasons.
The team played its home games at Winter-Lau Field in Albion, Michigan; the field was built in 1900 with funds donated by John Winter and Oliver Lau.
The 1900 Albion Methodists football team represented Albion College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1900 college football season. The team compiled a 6âÂÂ1âÂÂ2 record and won the MIAA championship. The team also swept a two-game series with Michigan Agricultural (later renamed Michigan State University), defeating the Aggies by scores of 23âÂÂ0 and 29âÂÂ0.
Albion was led in 1900 by second-year head coach Chester Brewer who went on to be the head coach at Michigan State for 10 years and the athletic director at the University of Missouri for 13 years.
Joe Maddock played principally at right halfback and was the star of the 1900 Albion team. Maddock later became a star for Fielding H. Yost's undefeated national championship teams at Michigan in 1902 and 1903.
The 1901 Albion Methodists football team represented Albion College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1901 college football season. The team compiled a 7âÂÂ4âÂÂ1 record. One year earlier, the 1900 Albion team was the MIAA champion with a 6âÂÂ1âÂÂ2 record and six shutouts to its credit.
Albion played five of its games in 1901 against opponents that later became NCAA Division I FBS football programs, compiling a 2âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 record in those games. Albion opened its season with a loss to national champion Michigan, a team that outscored its 1901 opponents by a total of 550 to 0. Albion also played two games against Michigan Agricultural (later renamed Michigan State University), resulting in a loss and a tie. The team also swept a two-game series with Michigan State Normal (later renamed Eastern Michigan University), defeating the Normal School by scores of 29âÂÂ0 and 39âÂÂ6.
Albion was led in 1901 by third-year head coach Chester Brewer who went on to be the head coach at Michigan State for 10 years and the athletic director at the University of Missouri for 13 years.
Tackle P. B. Exelby was the team captain. Joe Maddock played principally at right halfback and was the star of the 1901 Albion team. He was so effective against Michigan that coach Fielding H. Yost enticed him to transfer there. He became a star for Yost's "Point-a-Minute" teams in 1902 and 1903.
The 1902 Albion Methodists football team represented Albion College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1902 college football season. In its fourth and final year under head coach Chester Brewer, Albion compiled an overall record of 4âÂÂ6 record with a mark of 4âÂÂ3 in conference play.
The 1903 Albion Methodists football team represented Albion College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1903 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach Julius Nufer, the Methodists compiled a 3âÂÂ3âÂÂ2 record (3âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 in MIAA games) and were outscored by a total of 117 to 60. Of the 117 points given up during the 1903 season, more than half (76) were scored by Michigan's Point-a-Minute team in a 26-minute game on October 8. Excluding the Michigan game, Albion outscored its other opponents by a total of 60 to 41.
The 1904 Albion Methodists football team represented Albion College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1904 college football season. In its first season under head coach Walter S. Kennedy, Albion compiled an overall record of 7âÂÂ0âÂÂ1 with a mark of 5âÂÂ0 in conference play, winning the MIAA title. The Methodists held every opponent scoreless, outscoring opponents by a total of 206 to 0. The team's victories included games against two future NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) programs, a 4âÂÂ0 victory over otherwise undefeated Michigan Agricultural and a 68âÂÂ0 victory over Michigan State Normal.
The 1905 Albion Methodists football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1905 college football season. In its second season under head coach Walter S. Kennedy, Albion compiled an overall record of 5âÂÂ2 record with a mark of 4âÂÂ1 in conference play, placing second in the MIAA.
The 1906 Albion Methodists football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1906 college football season. In its first season under head coach W. D. Chadwick, Albion compiled a 3âÂÂ4âÂÂ1 record (1âÂÂ4âÂÂ1 in MIAA games) and outscored opponents by a total of 67 to 62.
The 1907 Albion Methodists football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1907 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach W. D. Chadwick, Albion compiled a 2âÂÂ4 record (1âÂÂ4 in MIAA games) and were outscored by a total of 117 to 38.
The 1908 Albion Methodists football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1908 college football season. In its third season under head coach Walter S. Kennedy, Albion compiled a 5âÂÂ0âÂÂ2 record (3âÂÂ0âÂÂ2 in MIAA games), shut out six of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 182 to 12.
The 1909 Albion Methodists football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1909 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Walter S. Kennedy, Albion compiled a 3âÂÂ3âÂÂ1 record (2âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 in MIAA games) and outscored opponents by a total of 76 to 74. J. Fred McKale was the team captain.