1912 University of Utah football team

American college football season

1912 University of Utah football

RMC co-champion

Conference| Rocky Mountain Conference
Record| 5–1–1 (4–1 RMC)
Head coach|

* Fred Bennion (3rd season)

Home stadium| Cummings Field

Seasons

<- 1911

1913 ->

1912 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Colorado Mines \+  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Utah \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Colorado Agricultural | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Colorado | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Colorado College | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Denver | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Wyoming | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

The 1912 University of Utah football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1912 college football season. In its third season under head coach Fred Bennion, the team compiled an overall record of 5–1–1 with a mark of 4–1 against conference opponents, tied with Colorado Mines for the RMC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 153 to 16.[1] The team played its home games at Cummings Field in Salt Lake City.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 5| Wyoming|

* Cummings Field
* Salt Lake City, UT

| W 9–0|
October 19| Denver|

* Cummings Field
* Salt Lake City, UT

| W 66–0|
October 26| at Colorado Mines|

* Brooks Field
* Golden, CO

| W 18–3|
November 2| Montana*|

* Cummings Field
* Salt Lake City, UT

| W 10–3| [2]
November 9| at Colorado| Denver, CO (rivalry)| L 0–3| [3]
November 16| Colorado College|

* Cummings Field
* Salt Lake City, UT

| W 43–0|
November 28| Utah Agricultural*|

* Cummings Field
* Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)

| T 7–7|

* *Non-conference game

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## References

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1. ^ "1912 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
2. ^ "Montana Grizzlies Play Utah To A Standstill". The Daily Missoulian. Missoula, Montana. November 3, 1912. p. 10. Retrieved December 4, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "Boulder checks victorious march of the Utah eleven". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 10, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved April 14, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "2024 Utah Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 164. Retrieved March 23, 2025.

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Utah Utes football

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* Cummings Field (1903–1926)
* Robert Rice Stadium (1927–1997)
* Rice–Eccles Stadium (1998–present)

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* Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies
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