1912 Carlisle Indians football team

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.

1912 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1–1
Head coach
CaptainJim Thorpe
Home stadiumIndian Field
1912 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
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 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 SyracuseW 33–0[5]
October 19at PittsburghW 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 ArmyW 27–6[7][8]
November 16at PennL 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 Bergiecenter5'9"16820
Elmer BuschguardPotter Valley, California5'10"18622
Pete CalactackleFallbrook, California5'1017819
William Garloweguard5'7"173
Joe GuyontackleWhite Earth, Minnesota5'10"178
Roy Largeend5'8"14819
George Vetterneckend5'6"140

Backfield

Player Position Games
started
Hometown Height Weight Age
Alex Arcasahalfback5'8"15621
Stancil "Possum" Powellfullback5'10"176
Jim ThorpehalfbackStroud, Oklahoma6'1"180
Gus WelchquarterbackSpooner, Wisconsin5'11"15221

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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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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.
  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.
  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.
  10. "Thorpe Closes Football Career". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 29, 1912. p. 16. Retrieved April 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. "1912 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".
  12. "Football Team – 1911-1912".
  13. "The Carlisle Arrow". 1912.


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