1912 Kendall Orange and Black football team

The 1912 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College (later renamed the University of Tulsa) during the 1912 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Harvey Allen, the team compiled a 1–4 record and was outscored by its opponents by a total of 141 to 75.[1]

1912 Kendall Orange and Black football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4
Head coach
Home stadiumSouth Main Park
Seasons
← 1910
1913 →
1912 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee State Normal     1 0 0
Texas     7 1 0
VMI     7 1 0
Maryland     6 1 1
Oklahoma A&M     6 2 0
Livingstone     3 1 1
Louisville     3 1 0
Mississippi Normal     2 1 0
South Carolina     5 2 1
Navy     6 3 0
West Virginia     6 3 0
Spring Hill     4 2 0
Oklahoma     5 4 0
Rice     3 2 0
Chattanooga     4 4 0
Southwest Texas State     3 3 2
Davidson     3 4 0
Marshall     3 4 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     3 4 0
Tennessee Docs     3 4 0
Arkansas     4 6 0
Baylor     3 5 0
Catholic University     3 5 0
Louisiana Industrial     1 2 1
West Tennessee State Normal     1 2 1
Wake Forest     2 6 0
Kendall     1 4 0
Delaware     1 6 1
Biddle     0 1 0

Prior to 1912, Kendall had played only a handful of intercollegiate football games in the 20th century. For the 1912 season, Kendall hired a regular coach, H. L. Allen. Prior to the start of the season, The Tulsa Daily World wrote:

"The sound of rough-shod toes coming sharply in contact will be wafted on the gentle breezes that float around Kendall college next week. They're going to have a regular football team at Kendall this year, with a regular coach and regular players. . . . All this should sound mighty good to the athletic-loving folks of Tulsa town, for it means that Kendall college is at last coming into her own."[2]

The paper described the newly arrived coach and athletic director as "young, strong and energetic, a splendid athlete himself."[2]

On September 27, 1912, the team played the school's first intercollegiate football game since 1909, losing to Oklahoma Methodist University (later known as Oklahoma City University) at Guthrie, Oklahoma, by a 39–6 score. After the game, The Tulsa Daily World praised the "wonderful showing" and wrote that the Kendall team had "demonstrated the face that at last Tulsa is to be placed upon the collegiate football map of Oklahoma in a convincing manner."[3] In a case of mistaken identity, star guard William Maulson was arrested as a suspected train robber in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in late October or early November 1912.[4]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 27at Oklahoma MethodistGuthrie, OKL 6–39
November 1at Northeastern StateTahlequah, OKL 6–32
November 18at Euchee IndiansSapulpa, OKW 57–0
November 28Central High School
L 6–32

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References edit

  1. ^ "Tulsa Yearly Results (1910–1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Football To Be Given A Boost". The Tulsa Daily World. September 6, 1912. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Kendall's Team Is All To Good: Tulas Now Has a Place in Collegiate Football Circles of State". The Tulsa Daily World. September 29, 1912. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Tulsa Boy In Drama Of Life". The Tulsa Daily World. November 6, 1912. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 177. Retrieved January 22, 2023.