1912 Carlisle Indians football team

The 1912 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indians football team of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School during the 1912 college football season. The Indians were coached by Pop Warner in his 11th year as head coach.. The team compiled a record of 12–1–1, outscored opponents 454 to 120, leading the nation in scoring.[1] It featured the Hall of Famers Jim Thorpe, Joe Guyon, and Gus Welch. Dwight D. Eisenhower was a halfback on the Army team defeated by Carlisle.

1912 Carlisle Indians football
Conference	Independent
1912 record	12–1–1
Head coach	Pop Warner (11th season)
Captain	Jim Thorpe

1912 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	0	–	0
Carlisle			–					12	–	1	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	1
Yale			–					7	–	1	–	1
Lehigh			–					9	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	0
Wash. & Jeff.			–					8	–	3	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	4	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	4	–	0
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
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					2	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	6	–	0

The 1912 season included many rule changes such as the 100-yard field and the 6-point touchdown. The first six-point touchdowns were registered in Carlisle's 50–7 win over Albright College on September 21.[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21	Albright	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 50–7
September 25	Lebanon Valley	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 45–0
September 28	Dickinson	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 32–0
October 2	Villanova	Harrisburg, PA	W 17–0
October 5	Washington & Jefferson	College Field Washington, Pennsylvania	T 0–0
October 12	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 33–0
October 19	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 45–8
October 26	at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington, D. C.	W 34–20
October 28	at Toronto All-Stars	Toronto, ON	W 49–7
November 2	at Lehigh	Lehigh Field Bethlehem, PA	W 34–14
November 9	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 27–6
November 16	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 26–34
November 23	at Springfield (MA)	Springfield, MA	W 30–24
November 30	at Brown	Providence, RI	W 32–0

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Players

Alex Arcasa and Possum Powell.

Line

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Height	Weight	Age
Joseph Bergie	center			5'9"	168	20
Elmer Busch	guard		Potter Valley, California	5'10"	186	22
Pete Calac	tackle		Fallbrook, California	5'10	178	19
William Garlowe	guard			5'7"	173
Joe Guyon	tackle		White Earth, Minnesota	5'10"	178
Roy Large	end			5'8"	148	19
George Vetterneck	end			5'6"	140

Backfield

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Height	Weight	Age
Alex Arcasa	halfback			5'8"	156	21
Stancil "Possum" Powell	fullback			5'10"	176
Jim Thorpe	halfback		Stroud, Oklahoma	6'1"	180
Gus Welch	quarterback		Spooner, Wisconsin	5'11"	152	21

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References

1. Sally Jenkins. "The Team That Invented Football".
2. "Football Scores", Reading (PA) Eagle, September 22, 1912, p. 9
3. "1912 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".
4. "Football Team – 1911-1912".
5. "The Carlisle Arrow". 1912.