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1912 Penn Quakers Football Team ...
The 1912 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1912 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Andy Smith, the Quakers compiled a 7–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 191 to 106. Fullback Leroy Mercer was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp. Schedule References {{Penn Quakers football navbox Penn Penn Quakers football seasons Penn Quakers football The Penn Quakers football program is the college football team at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The Penn Quakers have competed in the Ivy League since its inaugural season of 1956, and are a Division I Football Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Smith (American Football)
Andrew Latham Smith (September 10, 1883 – January 8, 1926) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania (1909–1912), Purdue University (1913–1915), and the University of California, Berkeley (1916–1925), compiling a career college football record of 116–32–13. As head coach of the California Golden Bears football program, Smith guided his "Wonder Teams" to a record of 74–16–7, captured five Pacific Coast Conference titles, and three national championships. Smith was the winningest football coach in school history until he was surpassed by Jeff Tedford in 2011. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. Early life Andrew Latham Smith was born in Dubois, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1883. As a freshman, he played for Penn State as a fullback. He shined at his position, both fearless and dominating on the field. In two years, he was convinced to transfer to Pennsylvania, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Brown Bears Football Team
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The 1912 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1912 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Edward N. Robinson, Brown compiled a record of 6–4. Schedule References Brown Brown Bears football seasons Brown Bears football : ''For information on all Brown University sports, see Brown Bears'' The Brown Bears football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Brown University located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The team competes in the NCAA Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornell–Penn Football Rivalry
The Cornell–Penn football rivalry is an American college football College rivalry, rivalry between the Cornell Big Red football, Cornell Big Red and Penn Quakers football, Penn Quakers. Traditionally, the game was played on Thanksgiving (United States), Thanksgiving Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but now alternates between Philadelphia and Ithaca, New York, Ithaca, New York (state), New York. The game was often played as the last game of the regular season for both teams. Beginning in 2018, Cornell has faced Columbia in the last game of the regular season, while Penn plays Princeton in the last game of the regular season. The game was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first cancellation after an uninterrupted streak of 101 games going back to 1919. In the 127 meetings since 1893 (interrupted in 1918 and 2020), Penn leads the series 76–47–5, with Penn forfeiting the game in 1997 (because of the participation of an academically ineligible playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Cornell Big Red Football Team
The 1912 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1912 college football season. In their first season under head coach Albert Sharpe, the Big Red compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 136 to 63. No Cornell players received honors on Walter Camp's 1912 College Football All-America Team. However, three Cornell players received All-American honors from others: end John E. O'Hearn (second-team, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''); guard Jimmie Munns (second-team, ''The New York Sun''); and end Harold R. Eyrick (third-team, ''The Philadelphia Press''). Schedule References {{Cornell Big Red football navbox Cornel Cornell Big Red football seasons Cornell Big Red football The Cornell Big Red football team represents Cornell University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 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. 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. Schedule Players Line Backfield References Carlisle Carlisle Indians football seasons Carlisle Indians football The Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in intercollegiate football competition. The program was active from 1893 until 1917, when it was discontinued. During the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Michigan Wolverines Football Team
The 1912 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1912 college football season. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost in his 12th year at Michigan. The Wolverines compiled a record of 5–2 and outscored opponents 158 to 65. The team's captain and fullback George C. Thomson was also the leading scorer with 49 points on eight touchdowns and one extra point. Two Michigan players, Miller Pontius and Jimmy Craig, were consensus All-Western players. Pontius was also selected as a first-team All-American by Alfred Harvey. Schedule Season summary Pre-season In May 1912, the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania jointly announced that they had signed an agreement to continue their annual football rivalry games through the 1915 season. Since leaving the Big Ten Conference, Michigan had played annual rivalry games against Penn at or near the end of the season. Penn was one of the dominant football programs of the era ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Penn State Nittany Lions Football Team
The 1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In their third season under head coach Bill Hollenback, the team compiled an 8–0 record, shut out seven of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 285 to 6. There was no contemporaneous system in 1912 for determining a national champion. However, Penn State was retroactively named as the national champion by the National Championship Foundation. Harvard was recognized as the 1912 national champion by most selectors. 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 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. Three persons associated with the 1912 Penn State team were later inducted into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Lafayette Football Team
The 1912 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In its first season under head coach George McCaa, the team compiled an 4–5–1 record. Howard Benson was the team captain. The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania. Schedule References {{Lafayette Leopards football navbox Lafayette Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to: People * Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette * House of La Fayette, a French noble family ** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757â ... Lafayette Leopards football seasons Lafayette football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city developed as a busy port as it is situated at the mouth of the Providence River in Providence County, at the head of Narragansett Bay. Providence was one of the first cities in the country to industrialize and became noted for its textile manufacturing and subsequent machine tool, jewelry, and silverware industries. Today, the city of Providence is home to eight hospitals and List of colleges and universities in Rhode Island#Institutions, eight institutions of higher learning which have shifted the city's economy into service industries, though it still retains some manufacturin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Mercer
Eugene Leroy Mercer (October 30, 1888 – July 3, 1957) was a respected surgeon but was best known for his college football career, while attending the University of Pennsylvania. In 1910, he led Penn to the eastern championship, and then served as the Quakers' captain for the next two seasons. During his time at Penn, Mercer helped the Quakers to a 23–10 football record and received All-American honors in 1910, 1911 and 1912. In 1908, Mercer cleared in the pole vault, setting a record which he then broke in 1909. He is credited with becoming the only high school athlete to clear that height with a now-outdated spruce pole. Mercer was named to the United States Olympic team for the 1912 Olympic Games, and placed fifth in the long jump and sixth in the decathlon. He also competed in baseball, which was a demonstration sport at those Games. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Swarthmore Quakers Football Team
The 1912 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ... that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1912 college football season. The team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 150 to 31. George H. Brooke was the head coach. Schedule References {{Swarthmore Garnet Tide football navbox Swarthmore Swarthmore Garnet Tide football seasons Swarthmore Quakers football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
