1912 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1912 Harvard Crimson football 1912 harvard football team.jpg 250 Independent 9–0 Percy Haughton 5th Percy Wendell Harvard Stadium National champion(Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, Davis)Co-national champion (NCF) The 1912 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Percy Haughton, the Crimson compiled a perfect 9–0 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 176 to 22.1912 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1912-schedule.html The season was part of an unbeaten streak that began in November 1911 and continued until October 1915. At the end of the season the team was named as the year's champion by The New York Times.December 15, 1912 Notable Winners In Sports During the Season of 1912 — Harvard's Football Team https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-1912-harvard-national/173450828/ The New York Times Sports; 1–2 Later, Harvard 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.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 4, 2016 PDF Percy Wendell was the team captain. Three Harvard players were consensus first-team selections on the 1912 All-American football team: halfback Charles Brickley, guard Stan Pennock, and end Sam Felton.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Other notable players included backs Percy Wendell, Huntington Hardwick, and Henry Burchell Gardner, and linemen Bob Storer, Harvey Hitchcock, Derric Choate Parmenter, Gerard Timothy Driscoll, and Francis Joseph O'Brien. Pennock, Wendell, and Hardwick were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.Percy Wendell National Football Foundation March 26, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1287Stan Pennock National Football Foundation March 26, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1286Huntington "Tack" Hardwick National Football Foundation March 26, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1284 Schedule September 28 w Maine Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 7–0 Harvard Is Held To a 7 to 0 Win: Maine Comes Close to a Tie, But Ball Hits Goal Post The Boston Globe September 29, 1912 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94418012/harvard-is-held-to-a-7-to-0-win/ Newspapers.com October 5 w Holy Cross Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 19–0 7,000 Harvard Finds Holy Cross Easy October 6, 1912 15 The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73819912/1912-harvard-hc/ October 12 w 1912 Williams Ephs Williams Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 26–3 Williams Scores Against Harvard: Field Goal by Michaels Makes Final Result 26 to 3 The Boston Globe October 13, 1912 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98449492/williams-scores-against-harvard/ Newspapers.com October 19 w 1912 Amherst Amherst Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 46–0 Harvard Has an Easy One: Amherst, Never in Running, Beaten by 46 to 0 The Boston Globe October 20, 1912 1, 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98448832/harvard-has-an-easy-one-amherst-never/ Newspapers.com October 26 w Brown Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 30–10 > 15,000 Easy for Harvard, 30-10 The Boston Globe October 27, 1912 1, 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98449263/easy-for-harvard-30-10/ Newspapers.com November 2 w Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 16–6 30,000 Double Knot in Tiger's Tail: Brickley Hero of Harvard's 16-to-6 Triumph The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. November 3, 1912 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98446496/double-knot-in-tigers-tail-brickley/ Newspapers.com November 9 w Vanderbilt Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 9–3 Harvard by 9 to 3: Vanderbilt in Poor Trim The Boston Globe November 10, 1912 1, 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98446812/harvard-by-9-to-3-vanderbilt-in-poor/ Newspapers.com November 16 w Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 3–0 > 40,000 Harvard the Winner, 3 to 0: Goal by Brickley Spells Defeat For Green The Boston Globe November 17, 1913 1, 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98447103/harvard-the-winner-3-to-0-goal-by/ Newspapers.com November 23 w y Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 20–0 Yale Played Off Its Feet by Harvard, Getting Worst Beating in 11 Years, 20-0 The Boston Globe W.D. Sullivan November 24, 1912 1, 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98446131/yale-played-off-its-feet-by-harvard/ Newspapers.com References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:1910s in Boston