1912 Dartmouth football team

American college football season

1912 Dartmouth football

Conference| Independent
Record| 7–2
Head coach|

* Frank Cavanaugh (2nd season)

Captain| Ray Bennett

Seasons

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1912 Eastern college football independents records

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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 Dartmouth football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In its second season under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, the team compiled a 7–2 record, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 281 to 34. Frederick E. Jennings was hired as the assistant coach for the season. Ray Bennett was the team captain.[1][2]

Tackle Wesley Englehorn was a consensus first-team pick on the 1912 All-America college football team.

## Schedule

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September 21| Bates| Hanover, NH| W 26–0| |
September 28| Norwich| Hanover, NH| W 41–9| |
October 5| Massachusetts| Hanover, NH| W 47–0| |
October 12| Vermont| Hanover, NH| W 55–0| | [3]
October 19| at Williams| Williamstown, MA| W 21–0| |
October 26| at Princeton|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| L 7–22| |
November 2| Amherst| Hanover, NH| W 60–0| |
November 9| at Cornell|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY (rivalry)

| W 24–0| |
November 16| at Harvard|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| L 0–3| 40,000| [4]

## References

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1. ^ "1912 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
2. ^ "Dartmouth Football 1880-1939". Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
3. ^ "Dartmouth 55, Vermont 0". The New York Times. October 13, 1912. Retrieved June 18, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Harvard the Winner, 3 to 0: Goal by Brickley Spells Defeat For Green". The Boston Globe. November 17, 1913. pp. 1, 10 - via Newspapers.com.

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* Keggy the Keg
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* The Iron Major

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