1912 Carlisle Indians football team

The 1912 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1912 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Pop Warner, the Indians compiled a record of 12–1–1 and 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
Record	12–1–1
Head coach	Pop Warner (11th season)
Captain	Jim Thorpe
Home stadium	Indian Field
Seasons ← 1911 1913 →

1912 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
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
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 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	Attendance	Source
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 65–0
October 5	at Washington & Jefferson	Washington, PA	T 0–0	10,000	[3][4]
October 12	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 33–0		[5]
October 19	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 45–8	10,000	[6]
October 26	at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	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		[7][8]
November 16	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 26–34
November 23	at Springfield YMCA	Springfield, MA	W 30–24		[9]
November 28	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 32–0		[10]

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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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