The 1912 Colorado Mines Orediggers football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented the

Colorado School of Mines The Colorado School of Mines, informally called Mines, is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, founded in 1874. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, and mathematics, with a focus on ener ...

in the

Rocky Mountain Conference The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) from approximately 1910 through the late 1960s, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NC ...

(RMC) during the

1912 college football season The 1912 college football season was the first of the modern era, as the NCAA implemented changes to increase scoring: *Teams were given ''4 downs'' instead of ''3 downs'' to gain ten yards *The value of a touchdown was increased from ''5 points ...

. The team compiled a 9–1 record and was champion of the RMC.

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Colorado Mines Colorado Mines Orediggers football seasons Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football champion seasons

Colorado Mines Orediggers football The Colorado Mines Orediggers football team represents the Colorado School of Mines in the sport of American football. Brandon Moore has been the head coach since 2022, succeeding Gregg Brandon after the latter announced his retirement in January ...

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