1912 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team

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1912 Georgetown Blue and Gray football
SAIAA champion
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	8–1 (5–0 SAIAA)
Head coach	Frank Gargan (1st season)
Captain	Jack Hegarty
Home stadium	Georgetown Field
Seasons← 1911 1913 →

1912 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgetown $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Virginia	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
VPI	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&M	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1912 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team represented Georgetown University during the 1912 college football season. Led by Frank Gargan in his first year as head coach, the team went 8–1 and won a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship.

Quarterback Harry Costello was an All-Southern selection.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
September 28		Randolph–Macon*	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 39–0
October 5		Mount St. Mary's*	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 27–0
October 12		Washington and Lee	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 20–0
October 17	3:30 p.m.	at North Carolina A&M	Riddick Field Raleigh, NC	W 48–0
October 26		Carlisle*	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	L 20–34
November 2	3:00 p.m.	vs. North Carolina	Broad Street Park Richmond, VA	W 37–10
November 9		Washington College*	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 84–0
November 16		Virginia	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 16–13
November 28		VPI	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 24–3
*Non-conference game

References

"The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide. The official rules book and record book of college football".
"Georgetown won easily". The Atlanta Journal. September 29, 1912. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Georgetown wins from the plucky Thompson team". The Washington Herald. October 6, 1912. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Georgetown Defense Is Strong Against W. And L." The Sunday Star. Washington, D.C. October 12, 1912. p. 55. Retrieved August 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
"The Greatest Event of the State Fair". Asheville Gazette-News. Asheville, North Carolina. October 15, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"G. U. Wins All Way". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. October 18, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"G. U. Wins All Ways (continued)". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. October 18, 1912. p. 9. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"Georgetown outplayed by Carlisle Indians". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 27, 1912. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Football". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 2, 1912. p. 6. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
"Carolina Makes Grand Defense In Hard Battle". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 3, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
"Carolina Makes Grand Defense (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 3, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
"Washington swamped by Georgetown team". The Baltimore Sun. November 10, 1912. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Costello again the Georgetown hero". The Baltimore Sun. November 17, 1912. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"V.P.I. is no match for Georgetown". The News and Observer. November 29, 1912. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"1912 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results".
"Georgetown Football: Game By Game". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.

v t e Georgetown Hoyas football
Venues	Old Georgetown Field (1889–1890) Boundary Field (1891–1893) Georgetown Field (1894–1929) Griffith Stadium (1921–1950) Kehoe Field I (1970–1976) Georgetown Baseball Field (1977–1978) Kehoe Field II (1979–2001) Cooper Field (2002–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1941 Orange Bowl 1950 Sun Bowl Catholic University: Steven Dean Memorial Trophy
Culture & lore	Jack the Bulldog "There Goes Old Georgetown"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1874 1875–1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 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 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951–1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football champions
Georgetown (1912) NC A&M (1913) Washington & Lee & Virginia (1914) Georgetown, Virginia, & Washington & Lee (1915) VPI (1916) Georgetown (1917) VPI (1918) Georgetown (1919) VMI (1920) Washington & Lee (1921)

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