1912 Kentucky State College Wildcats football team

American college football season

1912 Kentucky State College Wildcats football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–2 (1–0 SIAA)
Head coach
  • Edwin Sweetland (3rd season)
CaptainW. C. Harrison
Seasons
← 1911
1913 →
1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 3 0 1 8 1 1
Texas A&M 2 0 0 8 1 0
Kentucky State 1 0 0 7 2 0
Auburn 6 1 1 6 1 1
Georgia 5 1 1 6 1 1
Sewanee 2 1 2 5 1 2
Georgia Tech 5 3 0 5 3 1
Alabama 3 3 1 5 3 1
Tulane 3 3 0 5 3 0
Mississippi A&M 3 3 0 4 3 0
Clemson 3 3 0 4 4 0
Ole Miss 2 2 0 5 3 0
Mercer 2 3 1 5 3 1
LSU 2 3 0 4 3 0
Mississippi College 1 4 0 3 4 0
Florida 0 2 1 5 2 1
Centre 0 2 0 4 5 0
The Citadel 0 3 0 2 4 0
Tennessee 0 4 0 4 4 0
Howard (AL) 0 4 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1912 Kentucky State College Wildcats football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—during the 1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Led by Edwin Sweetland in his third and final season as head coach, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 1–0 in SIAA play. Sweetland fired his assistant coach, Richard S. Webb, after Webb took several team members to a Knoxville red-light district after the game against Tennessee.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Maryville (TN)*Lexington, KYW 34–0
October 5Marshall*Lexington, KYW 13–6
October 12Miami (OH)*Lexington, KYL 8–13
October 19at Cincinnati*Cincinnati, OHW 19–13
October 26Louisville*Lexington, KY (rivalry)W 41–0[2]
November 2VMI*Lexington, KYL 2–3
November 9Hanover*Lexington, KYW 64–0
November 16at TennesseeKnoxville, TN (rivalry)W 13–6[3]
November 28at Cincinnati YMICincinnati, OHW 56–0
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ Stanly, Gregory Kent, "Before Big Blue – Sports at the University of Kentucky 1880–1940," (The University Press of Kentucky, 1996), p. 48, ISBN 0-8131-1991-X.
  2. ^ "Wildcats Gain Easy Victory: Louisville Eleven Battles Gamely, But Teamwork of State Proves Too Much". The Courier-Journal. October 27, 1912. p. III-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tennessee is beaten by State". The Courier-Journal. November 17, 1912. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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