1911 Carlisle Indians football team

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1911 Carlisle Indians football
1911 Carlisle Indians FB team.jpg
ConferenceIndependent
1911 record11–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainSampson Bird
Home stadiumIndian Field
Seasons
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1911 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn State   –   8 – 0 – 1
Carlisle   –   11 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 0 – 2
Trinity (CT)   –   6 – 0 – 2
Temple   –   6 – 1 – 0
Army   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Dartmouth   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   7 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 3 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Dickinson   –   4 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   5 – 5 – 1
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 1
Dickinson   –   4 – 4 – 0
St. Bonaventure   –   2 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 3 – 3
Colgate   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 6 – 1
Villanova   –   0 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1911 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indians football team of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School during the 1911 college football season. The Indians were coached by Pop Warner in his 10th year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 11–1 , outscored opponents 298 to 49. The season included one of the greatest upsets in college football history. Against Harvard, Jim Thorpe scored all of the Indians' points in a shocking upset over the period powerhouse, 18–15. The only loss for Carlisle came at the hands of Syracuse the following week, 12–11.[1] Walter Camp selected Thorpe first-team All-American. One source claims Thorpe was "recognized as the greatest player of the year and a man whose kicking is likely to revolutionize the game."[2] College Football Hall of Fame members on the team include Thorpe, Gus Welch, and William "Lone Star" Dietz.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Lebanon Valley
W 53–0
September 27Muhlenberg
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 32–0
September 30Dickinson
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 17–0[3][4]
October 7Mount St. Mary's
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 46–5
October 14at Georgetown
  • Georgetown Field
  • Washington, DC
W 28–5
October 21at Pittsburgh
W 17–08,000[5]
October 28at Lafayette
W 19–0
November 4at Penn
W 16–0
November 11at Harvard
W 18–15
November 18at Syracuse
L 11–12
November 25at Johns Hopkins
W 29–6[6]
November 30at BrownProvidence, RIW 12–612,000[7]

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Players[]

Alex Arcasa and Possum Powell.

Line[]

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Height Weight Age
Joseph Bergie center 5'9" 168 19
Sampson Bird end
Elmer Busch guard Potter Valley, California 5'10" 186 21
William Henry "Lone Star" Dietz tackle
Henri end
Peter Jordan guard
Bill Newashe tackle Shawnee, Oklahoma
Hugh Wheelock end

Backfield[]

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Height Weight Age
Alex Arcasa halfback 5'8" 156 20
Stancil "Possum" Powell fullback 5'10" 176
Jim Thorpe halfback Stroud, Oklahoma 6'1" 180
Gus Welch quarterback Spooner, Wisconsin 5'11" 152 20

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See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Carlisle Indian School Game by Game Results Archived 2015-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved March 12, 2009.
  2. ^ "The Year In Football". The Houston Post. December 31, 1911. p. 17. Retrieved April 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. ^ "Victory For Carlisle: Beats Strong Dickinson Eleven by Score of 17 to 0". The Washington Post. October 1, 1911 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Indian Game: Red Skins Held to 17-0 Score by Plucky Fight in Initial Game". The Dickinsonian. October 4, 1911. pp. 1, 12.
  5. ^ "Blue and Gold Boys are Beaten 17-0". The Pittsburg Press. October 22, 1911. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Carlisle Humbles Johns Hopkins". The Washington Herald. Washington, D.C. November 26, 1911. p. 43. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. ^ "Carlisle 12, Brown 6". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. December 1, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. ^ "1911 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".
  9. ^ "Football Team – 1911-1912".
  10. ^ "The Carlisle Arrow". 1912.


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