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The 1911 college football season was the last one before major reforms were made to the American game in 1912. In 1911, touchdowns were worth five points, the field was 110 yards in length, and a team had three downs within which to advance the ball ten yards. Although no team finished the season unbeaten and untied, the United States Naval Academy

United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...

(Navy) finished with a record of 6 wins and 3 ties (6-0-3). Two of the ties were 0-0 games with the other major unbeaten teams, Penn State (8-0-1) and Princeton

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

(8-0-2). Other teams that finished the season unbeaten were Minnesota (6-0-1) and Florida (5-0-1). The Helms Athletic Foundation

Helms Athletic Foundation

The Helms Athletic Foundation was an athletic foundation based in Los Angeles, founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms. It put together a panel of experts to select National Champion teams and make All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball...

, founded in 1936, declared retroactively that Princeton had been the best team of 1911

Rules

The rules for American football in 1911 included:

Field 110 yards in length
Kickoff made from midfield
Three downs to gain ten yards
Touchdown worth 5 points
Field goal worth 3 points
Forward pass legal, but subject to penalties:

A pass could not be caught beyond the goal line, nor more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.

September

September 23
Carlisle beat Lebanon Valley 53-0, and in a Wednesday (Sep. 27) game beat Muhlenberg 32-0
Lafayette beat Bloomsburg College 53-0
Brown beat New Hampshire 56-0

September 30
Brown beat Rhode Island 12-0
Princeton

Princeton University

beat Stevens 37-0, and three days later, beat Rutgers 37-0
Carlisle beat Dickinson 17-0
Lafayette beat Ursinus College 3-0
Penn State beat Geneva College 57-0
Arkansas beat visiting Southwest Missouri State College, 100-0
Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs football

The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54...

beat Alabama Presbyterian 51-0
Minnesota opened its season with a 5-0 win over Iowa State.

Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores football

The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...

opened with a 40-0 win over visiting Birmingham College

Harvard

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

beat Bates 15-0

October

October 7

Navy

Navy Midshipmen football

The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I-A college football. They are a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007...

beat Johns Hopkins 27-5, and on Wednesday the 11th, beat St. John's College of Maryland, 21-0

Princeton

Princeton University

beat Villanova 31-0 and on October 11, played Lehigh to a 6-6 tie
Carlisle beat Mount St. Mary's 46-5
Penn State beat Gettysburg 31-0
Army

Army Black Knights football

The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....

beat Vermont 12-0
After a 39-0 win against the Seamen Gunners, Georgetown

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

beat William & Mary 66-0
Harvard

Harvard University

beat Holy Cross 8-0
Michigan

Michigan Wolverines football

The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...

beat Case 24-0
Minnesota beat South Dakota 5-0
Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

beat Indiana 23-6
Texas A&M

Texas A&M Aggies football

The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...

beat Southwestern 22-0.
Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores football

beat Maryville 46-0
Florida beat The Citadel 15-3
Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs football

beat South Carolina 38-0

October 14
Carlisle (4-0) won at Georgetown

Georgetown University

28-5
Navy

Navy Midshipmen football

beat Washington & Jefferson 16-0
Penn State won 5-0 at Cornell
Army

Army Black Knights football

The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....

beat Rutgers 18-0
Texas A&M

Texas A&M Aggies football

beat Austin College 33-0
Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores football

beat visiting Rose-Hulman Institute 33-0 and Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs football

defeated Alabama at Birmingham, 11-3
Harvard

Harvard University

beat Williams 18-0
Michigan

Michigan Wolverines football

won 15-3 at Michigan State.
Chicago

University of Chicago

beat Purdue 11-3
Princeton

Princeton University

beat Colgate 31-0

October 21

At Annapolis, Navy

Navy Midshipmen football

and Princeton

Princeton University

played to a 0-0 tie.

Carlisle won at Pittsburgh 17-0
Harvard

Harvard University

defeated Amherst 11-0
Penn State beat Villanova 18-0
Army

Army Black Knights football

The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....

beat Yale 6-0
Florida and South Carolina played to a 6-6 tie, and three days later, the Gators won at Clemson, 6-5.
Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores football

beat visiting Centre College 45-0; in its first four games, Vandy had outscored its opposition 164-0. Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs football

beat visiting Sewanee 12-3.
Texas A&M

Texas A&M Aggies football

beat Auburn 16-0
Michigan

Michigan Wolverines football

beat Ohio State 19-0
Georgetown

Georgetown University

won at Richmond 65-0
Minnesota stayed unbeaten with a 21-3 win over Nebraska
Chicago

University of Chicago

defeated Illinois 24-0

October 28
In an intersectional meeting of unbeaten teams, Michigan

Michigan Wolverines football

edged visiting Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores football

, 9-8
Navy

Navy Midshipmen football

and Western Reserve played to a 0-0 tie. Carlisle beat Lafayette 19-0
At Philadelphia, Penn State beat Pennsylvania, 22-6. Army

Army Black Knights football

The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....

beat Lehigh 20-0
Georgetown

Georgetown University

beat St. John's College of Maryland, 20-0.
Princeton

Princeton University

beat Holy Cross 20-0
Minnesota won at Iowa 24-6.
Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers football

The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...

, after shutouts against Lawrence (15-0), Ripon (24-0) and Colorado College (26-0) won at Northwestern 28-3
Harvard

Harvard University

was defeated by visiting Brown, 20-6
Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs football

beat Mercer 8-5
In a Friday game, Texas A&M

Texas A&M Aggies football

beat Ole Miss, 17-0

November

November 4

Army

Army Black Knights football

The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....

and Georgetown

Georgetown University

played to a 0-0 tie.
Carlisle won its 8th game, 16-0 over Penn.
Michigan

Michigan Wolverines football

and Syracuse played to a 6-6 tie.
Navy

Navy Midshipmen football

beat North Carolina State 17-6
Penn State beat St. Bonaventure 46-0
Princeton

Princeton University

beat (5-0) Harvard 8-6
Minnesota (5-0) hosted Chicago

University of Chicago

(3-0) and won 30-0
Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers football

beat Iowa 12-0
Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores football

beat visiting (5-0-0) Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs football

17-0. Georgia beat Clemson three days later at Augusta, 22-0
Florida beat visiting Columbia College 9-0 in a Friday game.

November 11
Carlisle (8-0) handed Harvard

Harvard University

(5-1) its second straight loss, winning 18-15
Navy

Navy Midshipmen football

beat West Virginia 32-0.
Army

Army Black Knights football

The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....

was scored upon for the first time in six games, as it beat Bucknell 20-2.
Michigan

Michigan Wolverines football

(4-0-1) lost at Cornell, 6-0
Chicago

University of Chicago

won at Northwestern 9-3
Penn State beat Colgate 17-9
Princeton

Princeton University

beat Dartmouth 3-0
Florida won at Stetson 27-0
Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores football

beat Kentucky 18-0
On Monday the 13th, Texas A&M

Texas A&M Aggies football

lost to Texas 6-0

November 18
At Annapolis, Penn State (7-0-0) and Navy

Navy Midshipmen football

(5-0-2) played to a 0-0 tie.
Syracuse handed Carlisle its first defeat, winning 12-11
Michigan

Michigan Wolverines football

beat Penn 11-9
Princeton

Princeton University

beat Yale 6-3 to close its season at 8-0-2
Army

Army Black Knights football

The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....

beat Colgate 12-6
Georgetown

Georgetown University

beat Virginia 28-3
The Army–Navy Game was played in Philadelphia on Friday, November 24, between unbeatens, (5-0-3) Navy

Navy Midshipmen football

and (6-0-1) Army

Army Black Knights football

The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....

, with Navy winning 3-0
Minnesota (5-0-0) and Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers football

(5-0-1) played to a 6-6 tie.
Chicago

University of Chicago

beat Cornell 6-0
Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores football

beat Ole Miss 21-0.
Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs football

beat Georgia Tech 5-0
Harvard

Harvard University

beat Dartmouth 5-3.

November 25
Minnesota beat Illinois 11-0
Chicago

University of Chicago

beat Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers football

5-0
Michigan and Nebraska 6-6 tie
Carlisle won at Johns Hopkins, 29-6
Harvard

Harvard University

and Yale played to 0-0 tie.

On Wednesday, November 29, in Savannah, Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs football

and Auburn played to a 0-0 tie.
November 30 (Thanksgiving Day in 1911) Penn State won at Pittsburgh 3-0, to finish the season 8-0-1.
Carlisle closed its season with a 12-6 win at Brown.
Georgetown

Georgetown University

beat Lehigh 28-3.
Florida beat Charleston 21-0.
Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Commodores football

defeated visiting Sewanee 31-0.

The last five-point American football touchdown was scored on January 1, 1912 in a game at Havana, Cuba. Mississippi A & M College (later Mississippi State University) defeated the Club Atletico de Cuba, 12-0.

Final standings

East

TEAM	W	L	T	PF	PA
Navy Midshipmen United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...	6	0	3	116	.11
Penn State Nittany Lions	8	0	1	199	.15
Princeton Tigers Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....	8	0	2	179	.15
Carlisle Indians	11	1	0	298	.49
Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...	7	1	1	257	.31
Army Cadets Army Black Knights football The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....	6	1	1	.88	.11

Western

TEAM	W	L	T	PF	PA
Minnesota Gophers	6	0	1	102	.15
Chicago Maroons University of Chicago The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...	6	1	0	.78	.42
Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers football The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...	5	1	1	111	.14
Michigan Wolverines	5	1	2	.90	.38

South

TEAM	W	L	T	PF	PA
Florida Gators	5	0	1	.84	.14
Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Commodores football The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...	8	1	0	259	..9
Georgia Bulldogs Georgia Bulldogs football The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54...	7	1	1	147	.28
Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Aggies football The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...	6	1	0	134	.17
North Carolina Tar Heels North Carolina Tar Heels football The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in collegiate level football. In Carolina’s first 121 seasons of football competition, the Tar Heels have compiled a record of 646–488–54, a winning percentage of .566...	6	1	1	.66	.31
Virginia Tech Hokies	6	1	2	176	.52

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

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