| 1912 Western Conference football season | |
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| Sport | Football |
| Champion | Wisconsin |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1912 Western Conference football season was the seventeenth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1912 college football season.
At 7-0 (5–0 in the Western Conference), Wisconsin took home the league championship and the 1912 national championship. The Badgers were led by first-year head coach William Juneau and team captain Joseph Hoeffel. [1] Tackle Bob Butler, a junior, was named by Walter Camp to the 1912 College Football All-America Team. [2]
Chicago finished as league runner-up again, falling only to the eventual National Champions for a second year in a row.
Purdue went 4-2-1 (2–2–1), Minnesota checked in at 4-3 (2-2), and Northwestern followed at 2-3-1 (2–3).
Illinois finished at 3-3-1 (1–3–1), with Iowa at 4-3 (1–3) and Indiana at 2-5 (0–5) rounding up the table.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 5 | Lawrence * | W 13–0 | [ citation needed ] | |||
| October 12 | Northwestern |
| W 56–0 | [ citation needed ] | ||
| October 19 | Purdue |
| W 41–0 | [ citation needed ] | ||
| November 2 | Chicago |
| W 30–12 | [ citation needed ] | ||
| November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | Arkansas * |
| W 64–7 | 2,000 | [3] |
| November 16 | at Minnesota | W 14–0 | 20,000 | [ citation needed ] | ||
| November 23 | at Iowa | W 28–10 | [4] | |||
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 5 | Indiana | W 13–0 | [5] | ||
| October 19 | Iowa |
| W 34–14 | [6] | |
| October 26 | Purdue |
| W 7–0 | [ citation needed ] | |
| November 2 | at Wisconsin | L 12–30 | [ citation needed ] | ||
| November 9 | Northwestern |
| W 3–0 | [ citation needed ] | |
| November 16 | at Illinois | W 10–0 | 10,000 | [7] | |
| November 23 | Minnesota |
| W 7–0 | 15,000 | [ citation needed ] |
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 5 | DePauw * | W 21–0 | ||||
| October 19 | at Wisconsin | L 0–41 | ||||
| October 26 | at Chicago | L 0–7 | ||||
| November 3 | at Northwestern | W 21–6 | ||||
| November 9 | Illinois |
| T 9–9 | [8] | ||
| November 17 | Rose Polytechnic * |
| W 91–0 | |||
| November 24 | Indiana |
| W 34–7 | |||
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | South Dakota * | Minneapolis, MN | L 0–10 | 3,500 | [10] |
| October 5 | Iowa State * |
| W 5–0 | 4,000 | [ citation needed ] |
| October 19 | Nebraska * |
| W 13–0 | 10,000 | [ citation needed ] |
| October 26 | Iowa |
| W 56–7 | 6,000 | [11] |
| November 2 | Illinois |
| W 13–0 | 9,000 | [12] |
| November 16 | Wisconsin |
| L 0–14 | 20,000 | [ citation needed ] |
| November 23 | at Chicago | L 0–7 | 15,000 | [ citation needed ] | |
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 5 | Lake Forest * | T 0–0 | [ citation needed ] | |||
| October 12 | at Wisconsin | L 0–56 | [ citation needed ] | |||
| October 26 | at Indiana |
| W 20–7 | [ citation needed ] | ||
| November 2 | Purdue |
| L 6–21 | [ citation needed ] | ||
| November 9 | at Chicago | L 0–3 | [ citation needed ] | |||
| November 23 | Illinois |
| W 6–0 | [13] | ||
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 5 | Illinois Wesleyan * | W 87–3 | [ citation needed ] | |||||
| October 12 | 3:00 p.m | Washington University * |
| W 13–0 | [14] [15] | |||
| October 19 | Indiana |
| W 13–7 | [ citation needed ] | ||||
| November 2 | at Minnesota | L 0–13 | 9,000 | [12] | ||||
| November 9 | at Purdue | Lafayette, IN (rivalry) | T 9–9 | [8] | ||||
| November 16 | Chicago |
| L 0–10 | 10,000 | [7] | |||
| November 23 | at Northwestern |
| L 0–6 | [13] | ||||
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 5 | Iowa State Teachers * | W 35–7 | [16] | |||
| October 12 | Cornell (IA) * |
| W 31–0 | [17] | ||
| October 19 | at Chicago | L 14–34 | [6] | |||
| October 26 | at Minnesota | L 7–56 | 6,000 | [11] | ||
| November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Indiana | W 13–6 | 6,000 | [18] [19] | |
| November 16 | at Iowa State * | W 20–7 | [ citation needed ] | |||
| November 22 | Wisconsin |
| L 10–28 | [4] | ||
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | DePauw * |
| W 20–0 | |||
| October 5 | at Chicago | L 0–13 | [5] | |||
| October 19 | at Illinois | L 7–13 | ||||
| October 26 | Northwestern |
| L 7–20 | |||
| November 2 | Earlham * |
| W 33–7 | [20] [21] | ||
| November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Iowa | L 6–13 | 6,000 | [22] [19] | |
| November 24 | at Purdue | L 7–34 | ||||
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No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1912 season.