1912 Yale

7–⁠1–⁠1, coached by Art Howe. Share

Yale, 1912 — Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Syracuse 21–⁠0Oct 5
By 21 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 25	vsWesleyan (CT)	W 10–⁠3	93%
Sep 28	vsHoly Cross	W 7–⁠0	75%
Oct 5	vsSyracuse	W 21–⁠0	74%
Oct 12	vsLafayette	W 16–⁠0	74%
Oct 19	atArmy	W 6–⁠0	51%
Oct 26	vsWashington & Jefferson	W 13–⁠3	77%
Nov 9	vsBrown	W 10–⁠0	74%
Nov 16	atPrinceton	T 6–⁠6	44%
Nov 23	vsHarvard	L 0–⁠20	56%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Harvard 20–⁠0.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).

Photographs from 1912

Army–Yale, 10/19/12Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
The game
Army–Yale at West Point, 10/19/12Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
The game
Army–Yale at West Point, 10/19/12Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
The game
Army–Yale at West Point, 10/19/12Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
The game
Army–Yale at West Point, 10/19/12Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
The game
Army–Yale at West Point, 10/19/12Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
The game

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1912.

2 consensus All-AmericansDouglas Bomeisler, E; Hank Ketcham, C/OG

Record: 7–⁠1–⁠1
Conference: —
AP poll: Began in 1936
Points: 89–⁠32
Coach: Art Howe
Elo: 1642 +47 this season
SP+ rating: —
SRS: 13.8 No. 15 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class: —

Captain: Jesse Spalding