1912 Carlisle Indians football team

1912 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1–1
Head coach
CaptainJim Thorpe
Home stadiumIndian Field
Seasons
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1912 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   8 – 0 – 0
Carlisle   –   12 – 1 – 1
Maine   –   7 – 1 – 0
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
New Hampshire   –   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 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1912 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Pop Warner, the Indians compiled a record of 12–1–1 and outscored opponents 454 to 120, leading the nation in scoring.[1] It featured the Hall of Famers Jim Thorpe, Joe Guyon, and Gus Welch. Dwight D. Eisenhower was a halfback on the Army team defeated by Carlisle.

The 1912 season included many rule changes such as the 100-yard field and the 6-point touchdown. The first six-point touchdowns were registered in Carlisle's 50–7 win over Albright College on September 21.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Albright
W 50–7
September 25Lebanon Valley
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 45–0
September 28Dickinson
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 32–0
October 2VillanovaHarrisburg, PAW 65–0
October 5at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAT 0–010,000[3][4]
October 12at Syracuse
W 33–0[5]
October 19at Pittsburgh
W 45–810,000[6]
October 26at Georgetown
W 34–20
October 28at Toronto All-StarsToronto, ONW 49–7
November 2at Lehigh
W 34–14
November 9at Army
W 27–6[7][8]
November 16at Penn
L 26–34
November 23at Springfield YMCASpringfield, MAW 30–24[9]
November 28at Brown
W 32–0[10]

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Players

Alex Arcasa and Possum Powell.

Line

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Height Weight Age
Joseph Bergie center 5'9" 168 20
Elmer Busch guard Potter Valley, California 5'10" 186 22
Pete Calac tackle Fallbrook, California 5'10 178 19
William Garlowe guard 5'7" 173
Joe Guyon tackle White Earth, Minnesota 5'10" 178
Roy Large end 5'8" 148 19
George Vetterneck end 5'6" 140

Backfield

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Height Weight Age
Alex Arcasa halfback 5'8" 156 21
Stancil "Possum" Powell fullback 5'10" 176
Jim Thorpe halfback Stroud, Oklahoma 6'1" 180
Gus Welch quarterback Spooner, Wisconsin 5'11" 152 21

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References

  1. ^ Sally Jenkins. "The Team That Invented Football". Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Football Scores", Reading (PA) Eagle, September 22, 1912, p. 9
  3. ^ "Scoreless Tie For Wash-Jeff And Carlisle". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1912. p. 37. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Scoreless Tie For Wash-Jeff And Carlisle (continued)". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1912. p. 39. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Croyle, Johnathan (October 11, 2022). "Even people who didn't like football came to see one of the world's most famous athletes play Syracuse in 1912". The Post-Standard. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  6. ^ W. B. McVicker (October 20, 1912). "Jim Thorpe Star of Great Battle". The Pittsburg Press. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Army Put To Rout By Indian Team". The Sun. November 10, 1912. pp. II-1, II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Army Put To Rout By Indian Team". The Sun. November 10, 1912. pp. II-1, II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Thorpe, 30 Points". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 24, 1912. p. 14. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Thorpe Closes Football Career". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 29, 1912. p. 16. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "1912 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".
  12. ^ "Football Team – 1911-1912".
  13. ^ "The Carlisle Arrow". 1912.


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