1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football
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Co-national champion (NCF)
ConferenceIndependent
1912 record8–0
Head coach
Captain Pete Mauthe
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
←  1911
1913  →
1912 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Washington & Jefferson  – 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 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1912 college football season. The second of Penn State's retrospective national champions, [1] the team was undefeated and only scored upon once (6 points by Cornell). [2] This team is known for playing the first of a series of games against eventual rival Ohio State, in which the Buckeyes forfeited because of the alleged rough play [3] of the Nittany Lions once the score was 37–0. The official score was 1–0, but the gameball lists the score as 37–0.

The team was selected co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation, an NCAA-designated major selector. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5 Carnegie Tech
W 41–0
October 12 Washington & Jefferson
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 30–04,000 [5]
October 19at Cornell
W 29–6
October 26 Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 25–0
November 2at Penn
W 14–015,000
November 9 Villanova
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 71–0
November 16at Ohio State
W 37–03,500
November 28at Pittsburgh
W 38–015,000 [6]

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References

  1. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Penn State Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ohio State Team Guide 2017" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 111. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Wash-Jeff Is Conquered By Penn State". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1912. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. ↑ "Penn State Defeats Pitt But is Forced to Fight For Every Inch". The Pittsburgh Post. November 29, 1912. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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