1912 NYU Violets football team

The 1912 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 2–6 record.

1912 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
1912 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard   –  9 –0 –0
Penn State   –  8 –0 –0
Carlisle   –  12 –1 –1
Maine   –  7 –1 –0
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
Morris Harvey   –  2 –2 –0
Lafayette   –  4 –5 –1
Syracuse   –  4 –5 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5Muhlenberg
W 6–2[1]
October 12at Cornell
L 6–14[2]
October 19Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–26[3]
October 26Williams
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 6–16[4]
November 5Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–16[5]
November 9at Princeton
L 0–54[6]
November 16Rhode Island State
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–7[7]
November 23at Navy
L 0–39[8]

References
  1. "N.Y.U. beats Muhlenberg". The New York Times. October 6, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Cornell puts up game fight and beats N.Y." Democrat and Chronicle. October 13, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Weslean defeats New York University". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 21, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Williams 16, New York Univ. 6". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Trinity wins on election day". The Hartford Daily Courant. November 6, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "N.Y.U. a morsel for Tiger eleven". The Daily Home News. November 11, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "N.Y.U. in winning form". The New York Times. November 17, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "New York varsity is easy for Navy". The Baltimore Sun. November 24, 1912. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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