Battle of Backbone Mountain

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1912 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado Mines + 5 1 0 5 1 1
Utah + 4 1 0 5 1 1
Colorado Agricultural 3 2 0 3 2 0
Colorado 2 2 0 6 3 0
Colorado College 2 4 0 5 4 0
Denver 1 3 0 2 6 1
Wyoming 0 5 0 2 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1912 University of Utah football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1912 college football season. In its third season under head coach Fred Bennion, the team compiled an overall record of 5–1–1 with a mark of 4–1 against conference opponents, tied with Colorado Mines for the RMC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 153 to 16.[1][2] The team played its home games at Cummings Field in Salt Lake City.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5WyomingW 9–0
October 19Denver
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 66–0
October 26at Colorado MinesW 18–3
November 2Montana*
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 10–3
November 9at ColoradoDenver, CO (rivalry)L 0–3[3]
November 16Colorado College
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 43–0
November 28Utah Agricultural*
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
T 7–7
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2019 Utah Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Utah. 2019. p. 180. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "1912 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "Boulder checks victorious march of the Utah eleven". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 10, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved April 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.