1912 NYU Violets football team

1912 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6
Head coach	Herman Olcott (6th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field

1912 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	0	–	0
Carlisle			–					12	–	1	–	1
Maine			–					7	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	1
Yale			–					7	–	1	–	1
Lehigh			–					9	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	3	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	4	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	3	–	0
Morris Harvey			–					2	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					4	–	5	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	4	–	1
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					2	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	6	–	0

The 1912 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 2–6 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 5	Muhlenberg	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 6–2
October 12	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–14
October 19	Wesleyan	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–26
October 26	Williams	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 6–16
November 5	Trinity (CT)	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–16
November 9	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–54
November 16	Rhode Island State	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 14–7
November 23	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–39