1912 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
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Cleveland Shipp ( 6 ) Herman Daves ( 7 ) Hugh Morgan ( 8 ) Swofford ( 4 ) Tom Brown ( 9 )
Joe Covington ( 2 ) Chester Huffman ( 1 ) Tom Brown ( 1 ) Chester Huffman ( 3 ) Joe Covington ( 1 )
Herman Daves ( 2 ) Swofford ( 1 ) Chester Huffman ( 1 ) Joe Covington ( 2 ) R. E. Lowe ( 0 )
The 1912 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1912 college football season. The 1912 season was Dan McGugin's ninth year as head coach. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), the Commodores won their third straight conference title this year, posting an 8-1-1 win-loss-tie record (3-0-1 SIAA). The team played its home games at Dudley Field. It used the short punt formation as its offensive scheme. Vanderbilt outscored its opponents 391-19. The team scored 100 points in each of the first two contests; the 105-0 victory over Bethel was the largest in Vanderbilt history. The team posted seven shutout victories, being scored upon in only three games. The team's only loss came to national champion Harvard. The Commodores also played to a tie with the Auburn Tigers. Several players received postseason honors. Halfback and team captain Lewie Hardage was selected a third-team All-American by Walter Camp, the fourth player from the South ever to receive such recognition, and was a unanimous first-team All-Southern selection.