1912 Harvard Crimson football team

1912 Harvard Crimson football
National champion
(Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, Davis)
Co-national champion (NCF)
Conference Independent
1912 record 9–0
Head coach Percy Haughton (5th year)
Captain Percy Wendell
Home stadium Harvard Stadium

The 1912 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1912 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation.[1] They outscored their opponents 176 to 22.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 28 Maine* Harvard StadiumAllston, MA W 7–0  
October 5 Holy Cross* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 19–0  
October 12 Williams* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 26–3  
October 19 Amherst* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 46–0  
October 26 Brown* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 30–10  
November 2 Princeton* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 16–6  
November 9 Vanderbilt* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 9–3  
November 16 Dartmouth* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 3–0  
November 23 at Yale* Yale FieldNew Haven, CT (Rivalry) W 20–0  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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. 1912 Harvard University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 7, 2013.
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