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
Tennessee 1 4 0 4 4 0
Florida 0 2 1 5 2 1
Central University 0 2 0 4 5 0
The Citadel 0 3 0 2 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)*
W 34–0[2]
October 5Marshall*
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
W 13–6[3]
October 12Miami (OH)*
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
L 8–13[4]
October 19at Cincinnati*W 19–13[5]
October 26Louisville*
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
W 41–0[6]
November 2VMI*
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
L 2–3[7]
November 9Hanover*
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
W 64–0[8]
November 16at TennesseeW 13–6[9]
November 28Cincinnati YMI*
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
W 56–0[10]
  • *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. ^ "State wins over Maryville 34–0". The Lexington Leader. September 29, 1912. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "State University team beats Marshall College". The Courier-Journal. October 6, 1912. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wildcats lose to Miami team". The Courier-Journal. October 13, 1912. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Shattered U. of C. winning streak; Kentucky State first to down the Varsity eleven". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 20, 1912. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wildcats gain easy victory: Louisville eleven battles gamely, but teamwork of State proves too much". The Courier-Journal. October 27, 1912. p. III-6. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cadets defeat Kentucky team". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 3, 1912. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Hanover College is 'dead easy' for State". The Lexington Herald. November 10, 1912. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tennessee is beaten by State". The Courier-Journal. November 17, 1912. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Easy picking; Y.M.I. eleven proves no match for Kentucky State". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 29, 1912. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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