1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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.

1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Co-national champion (NCF)
ConferenceIndependent
1912 record8–0
Head coach
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1912 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard      9 0 0
Penn State      8 0 0
Carlisle      12 1 1
Princeton      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
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
Pittsburgh      3 6 0
Boston College      2 4 1
Cornell      3 7 0
NYU      2 6 0

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 5Carnegie TechW 41–0
October 12Washington & Jefferson
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 30–0
October 19at Cornell
W 29–6
October 26Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 25–0
November 2at PennW 14–0
November 9Villanova
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 71–0
November 16at Ohio StateW 37–0
November 28at PittsburghW 38–0

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. 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.
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