1911 Carlisle Indians football team

1911 Carlisle Indians football
1911 Carlisle Indians football
Conference	Independent
Record	11–1
Head coach	Pop Warner (10th season);
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Sampson Bird
Home stadium	Indian Field
	Seasons ← 1910 1912 ⊟

1911 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	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
New Hampshire		–		1	–	5	–	1
Geneva		–		1	–	6	–	1
Villanova		–		0	–	5	–	1
Boston College		–		0	–	7	–	0

The 1911 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1911 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Pop Warner, the Indians compiled a record of 11–1 and 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Lebanon Valley	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 53–0
September 27	Muhlenberg	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 32–0
September 30	Dickinson	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 17–0		^[3]^[4]
October 7	Mount St. Mary's	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 46–5
October 14	at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 28–5
October 21	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 17–0	8,000	^[5]
October 28	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	W 19–0
November 4	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 16–0
November 11	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 18–15
November 18	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 11–12
November 25	at Johns Hopkins	Homewood Field Baltimore, MD	W 29–6		^[6]
November 30	at Brown	Providence, RI	W 12–6	12,000	^[7]

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Players

Line

Player	Position	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	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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References

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

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[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.

[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.

[BGBB-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 .

[7] "Carlisle 12, Brown 6". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. December 1, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[8] "1911 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".

[9] "Football Team – 1911-1912".

[10] "The Carlisle Arrow". 1912.

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v t e Carlisle Indians football
Venues	Indian Field (1893–1917)
Culture & lore	1906 Vanderbilt game
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917

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