1912 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–4 (0–4 SIAA)
Head coach
Offensive schemeStraight T
Base defenseMultiple
CaptainC. H. Fonde
Home stadiumWaite Field
1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $ 3 0 18 1 1
Texas A&M 2 0 08 1 0
Kentucky State 1 0 07 2 0
Auburn 6 1 16 1 1
Georgia 5 1 16 1 1
Sewanee 2 1 25 1 2
Georgia Tech 5 3 05 3 1
Alabama 3 3 15 3 1
Tulane 3 3 05 3 0
Mississippi A&M 3 3 04 3 0
Clemson 3 3 04 4 0
Ole Miss 2 2 05 3 0
Mercer 2 3 15 3 1
LSU 2 3 04 3 0
Mississippi College 1 4 03 4 0
Florida 0 2 15 2 1
Centre 0 2 04 5 0
The Citadel 0 3 02 4 0
Tennessee 0 4 04 4 0
Howard (AL) 0 4 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1912 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1912 college football season. 1912 squad was the first non-losing Volunteer team in four years, but they did not win a conference game. Zora G. Clevenger served his second season as head coach of the Volunteers.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5King (TN)*W 101–0[2]
October 12Maryville (TN)*
  • Waite Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 38–0[3]
October 19at Tennessee Docs*W 62–0[4]
October 26vs. SewaneeL 6–33[5]
November 2Central University*
  • Waite Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 67–0[6]
November 9at Mercer
L 14–27[7]
November 16Kentucky State College
L 6–13[8]
November 28at AlabamaL 0–7[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1912 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  2. "Volunteers pile up mammoth score against King College". The Journal and Tribune. October 6, 1912. Retrieved August 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Maryville put up game fight against Tennessee". The Journal and Tribune. October 13, 1912. Retrieved August 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Volunteers won from Medicos". The Journal and Tribune. October 20, 1912. Retrieved August 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Capacity throng sees speedy Tigers win erratic but spicy game from Tennessee". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 30, 1912. Retrieved August 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Central overwhelmed by Tennessee eleven". The Courier-Journal. November 3, 1912. Retrieved August 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Mercer springs great surprise". The Atlanta Constitution. November 10, 1912. Retrieved August 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Tennessee is beaten by State". The Courier-Journal. November 17, 1912. Retrieved August 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Tennessee jinx was on the job". The Journal and Tribune. November 29, 1912. Retrieved August 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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