1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1912 college football season. The second of Penn State's retrospective national champions,[1] the team was undefeated and only scored upon once (6 points by Cornell).[2] This team is known for playing the first of a series of games against eventual rival Ohio State, in which the Buckeyes forfeited because of the alleged rough play[3] of the Nittany Lions once the score was 37–0. The official score was 1–0, but the gameball lists the score as 37–0.

1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Co-national champion (NCF)
Conference	Independent
1912 record	8–0
Head coach	Bill Hollenback (2nd year of 2nd stint; 3rd overall season)
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

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
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
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 team was selected co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation, an NCAA-designated major selector.[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 5	Carnegie Tech	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 41–0
October 12	Washington & Jefferson	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 30–0
October 19	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 29–6
October 26	Gettysburg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 25–0
November 2	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–0
November 9	Villanova	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 71–0
November 16	at Ohio State	Ohio Field Columbus, OH (rivalry)	W 37–0
November 28	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 38–0

References

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
2. "Penn State Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
3. "Ohio State Team Guide 2017" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2018.
4. 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 111. Retrieved December 10, 2018.