1912 Kentucky State College Wildcats football team

The 1912 Kentucky State College Wildcats football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—during the 1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. During the season, head coach Edwin Sweetland fired his assistant coach Richard S. Webb after Webb took several team members to a Knoxville red-light district after the game against Tennessee.[1]

1912 Kentucky State College Wildcats football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1912 record7–2 (1–0 SIAA)
Head coach
1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vanderbilt $ 3 0 1  8 1 1
Texas A&M 2 0 0  8 1 0
Kentucky State 1 0 0  7 2 0
Auburn 6 1 1  6 1 1
Georgia 5 1 1  6 1 1
Sewanee 2 1 2  5 1 2
Georgia Tech 5 3 0  5 3 1
Alabama 3 3 1  5 3 1
Tulane 3 3 0  5 3 0
Mississippi A&M 3 3 0  4 3 0
Clemson 3 3 0  4 4 0
Ole Miss 2 2 0  5 3 0
Mercer 2 3 1  5 3 1
LSU 2 3 0  4 3 0
Mississippi College 1 4 0  3 4 0
Florida 0 2 1  5 2 1
Centre 0 2 0  4 5 0
The Citadel 0 3 0  2 4 0
Tennessee 0 4 0  4 4 0
Howard (AL) 0 4 0  1 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 28Maryville*Lexington, KYW 34–0
October 5Marshall*Lexington, KYW 13–6
October 12Miami (OH)*Lexington, KYL 8–13
October 19at Cincinnati*Cincinnati, OHW 19–13
October 28Louisville*Lexington, KY (rivalry)W 41–0
November 2VMI*Lexington, KYL 2–3
November 9Hanover*Lexington, KYW 64–0
November 16at TennesseeKnoxville, TN (rivalry)W 13–6
November 28at Cincinnati YMICincinnati, OHW 56–0
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. Stanly, Gregory Kent, "Before Big Blue – Sports at the University of Kentucky 1880–1940," (The University Press of Kentucky, 1996), p. 48, ISBN 0-8131-1991-X.
  2. "Kentucky Season Schedule - databaseFootball.com/NCAA". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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