1912 Princeton Tigers football team

1912 Princeton Tigers football
Conference Independent
1912 record 7–1–1
Head coach Logan Cunningham (1st season)
Captain Tal Pendleton
Home stadium University Field

The 1912 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1912 college football season. The team finished with a 7–1–1 record under first-year head coach Walter G. Andrews, outscoring opponents by a total of 322 to 35 with the sole loss being to Harvard by 16–6 score.[1] Princeton W. John Logan was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1912 College Football All-America Team,[2] and five other players (halfback Hobey Baker, fullback Wallace "Butch" De Witt, guard Rip Shenk, and tackles Phillips and Penfield) were selected as first-team honorees by at least one selector.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 28 Stevens
W 65–0
October 2 Rutgers
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 41–6
October 5 Lehigh
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 35–0
October 12 Virginia Polytechnic
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 31–0
October 19 Syracuse
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 62–0
October 26 Dartmouth
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 22–7
November 2at Harvard
L 6–16
November 9 NYU
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 54–0
November 16 Yale
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
T 6–6

References

  1. ↑ "1912 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
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