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1911 Kentucky State College Wildcats football team

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1911 Kentucky State College Wildcats football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–3 (2–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainTom Earle
Seasons
← 1910
1912 →
1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 5 0 0 8 1 0
Auburn 4 0 1 4 2 1
Georgia 5 1 1 7 1 1
Georgia Tech 5 2 1 6 2 1
Kentucky State 2 1 0 7 3 0
LSU 2 1 0 6 3 0
Mississippi A&M 4 2 1 7 2 1
Alabama 2 2 2 5 2 2
Ole Miss 2 2 0 6 3 0
Tulane 3 3 0 5 3 1
Sewanee 2 3 0 6 3 1
Clemson 2 4 0 3 5 0
The Citadel 1 1 0 5 2 2
Mercer 2 5 0 4 6 1
Central University 0 2 1 3 2 1
Tennessee 0 2 1 3 4 2
Mississippi College 0 4 0 1 5 0
Howard (AL) 0 6 0 1 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1911 Kentucky State College Wildcats football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1911 college football season. Led by Prentiss Douglass in his first and only season as head coach, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 2–1 in SIAA play. The team was upset by Transylvania.[1] The Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association suspended Kentucky State.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30Maryville (TN)
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
W 13–0[3]
October 7Morris Harvey
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
W 12–0[4]
October 14at Miami (OH)Oxford, OHW 12–0[5]
October 21Lexington High School
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
W 17–0[6]
October 28Cincinnati
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
L 0–6[7]
November 4at Georgetown (KY)
W 0–18[8]
November 11at VanderbiltL 18–0[9]
November 18TransylvaniaLexington, KYL 5–12[10]
November 23Central University (KY)
W 8–5[11]
November 30Tennessee
W 12–0[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). homepages.transy.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 1, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Kentucky's Domain of Power, Greed and Corruption. iUniverse. February 2001. ISBN 9780595159918.
  3. ^ "Wildcats defeat Maryville College by 13 to 0 score". The Lexington Leader. October 1, 1911. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "State University beats Morris Harvey College". The Courier-Journal. October 8, 1911. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "State's Wildcats surprise natives by beating Oxford". The Lexington Leader. October 15, 1911. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "High School team is beaten by University". The Lexington Herald. October 22, 1911. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Touchdown on wild forward pass by U.C. eleven won for them over Kentucky State". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 29, 1911. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Danforth, E. F. (November 5, 1911). "State Defeats Georgetown 18-0". Lexington Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. p. 2. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Kentucky State Puts Up Great Game Vs. Vandy". The Tennessean. November 12, 1911. p. 22. Retrieved April 25, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ "Crimson wins great victory". The Courier-Journal. November 19, 1911. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Kentucky State downs Central". The Paducah Evening Sun. November 24, 1911. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Wildcats win from Tennessee by 12 to 0 score". The Lexington Herald. December 1, 1911. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.