1912 NYU Violets football team

1912 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
1912 record	2–6
Head coach	Herman Olcott (6th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field
Seasons ←  1911 1913  →

1912 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	0	–	0
Carlisle			–					12	–	1	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	1
Yale			–					7	–	1	–	1
Lehigh			–					9	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	0
Wash. & Jeff.			–					8	–	3	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	4	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	3	–	0
Morris Harvey			–					2	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					4	–	5	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	4	–	1
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					2	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	6	–	0

The 1912 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 2–6 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 5	Muhlenberg	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 6–2	[1]
October 12	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–14	[2]
October 19	Wesleyan	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–26	[3]
October 26	Williams	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 6–16	[4]
November 5	Trinity (CT)	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–16	[5]
November 9	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–54	[6]
November 16	Rhode Island State	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 14–7	[7]
November 23	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–39	[8]

References

1. "N.Y.U. beats Muhlenberg". The New York Times. October 6, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Cornell puts up game fight and beats N.Y." Democrat and Chronicle. October 13, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Weslean defeats New York University". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 21, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Williams 16, New York Univ. 6". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Trinity wins on election day". The Hartford Daily Courant. November 6, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "N.Y.U. a morsel for Tiger eleven". The Daily Home News. November 11, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "N.Y.U. in winning form". The New York Times. November 17, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
8. "New York varsity is easy for Navy". The Baltimore Sun. November 24, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.