1912 Southwestern Moundbuilders football team

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1912 Southwestern Moundbuilders football
Conference Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–2 (4–2 KCAC)
Head coach
Seasons
 1911
1913  

The 1912 Southwestern Moundbuilders football team represented Southwestern College in the 1912 college football season. On November 8, 1912, Southwestern defeated Fairmont College (now Wichita State University) by a score of 41 to 3. [1] This was the first of a series of wins where Southwestern would beat or tie Fairmont ten of eleven games. This period of time earned the school the name "The Jinx" for many years to come.

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References

  1. College Football Data Warehouse Archived October 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Southwestern College Game By Game Summary (1910-1914)