1912 Maryland Aggies football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1912

| team = Maryland Aggies

| sport = football

| image = 1912 Maryland Aggies football team.png

| image_size = 285

| conference = Independent

| record = 6–1–1

| conf_record =

| head_coach = Curley Byrd

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = Hoffecker

| stadium =

}}

The 1912 Maryland Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Maryland Agricultural College (which became Maryland State College in 1916 and part of the University of Maryland in 1920) as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In their second season under head coach Curley Byrd, the Aggies compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 191 to 60.{{cite web|title=Maryland Yearly Results (1910-1914)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=June 20, 2016|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/maryland/1910-1914_yearly_results.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905182119/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/maryland/1910-1914_yearly_results.php|archive-date=2015-09-05}}{{cite web|title=Maryland Terrapins Record Book|publisher=University of Maryland|year=2016|page=6|url=http://www.umterps.com/fls/29700/pdf/football/FBRecordBook.pdf?&DB_OEM_ID=29700|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20161218010253/http://www.umterps.com/fls/29700/pdf/football/FBRecordBook.pdf?&&DB_OEM_ID=29700|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2016|access-date=November 6, 2018}}

Halfback Hoffecker was the team captain.

Schedule

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|September 28||Technical High School (Washington, DC)||College Park, MD|W 31-6||{{cite news|title=Maryland Aggies Swamp Technical|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=September 29, 1912|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87172013/maryland-aggies-swamp-technical/}}

|October 5|at|Richmond|Broad Street Park|Richmond, VA|W 46–0||{{cite news |author= |title=Spiders Beaten By Heavy Aggies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84927192/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=October 6, 1912 |page=7 |access-date=September 7, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Spiders Beaten By Heavy Aggies (continues) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84927279/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=October 6, 1912 |page=9 |access-date=September 7, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news|title=Costly Victory for Maryland Aggies|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 6, 1912|page=II-4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87174159/costly-victory-for-maryland-aggies/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 12|at|{{cfb link|year=1912|team=Johns Hopkins Blue Jays|title=Johns Hopkins}}||Baltimore, MD|W 13-0||{{cite news|title=Maryland Aggies Beat Johns Hopkins: Maryland Aggies Surprise Hopkins|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 13, 1912|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87172906/maryland-aggies-beat-johns-hopkins/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 19||University of Maryland||College Park, MD|W 58-6||{{cite news|title=Aggies Pile Up Big Score Against U. of M.|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 20, 1912|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87173276/aggies-pile-up-big-score-against-u-of/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 26|at|{{cfb link|year=1912|team=St. John's Johnnies|title=St. John's (MD)}}||Annapolis, MD|L 0-27||{{cite news|title=Aggies Overwhelmed by St. John's Squad|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 27, 1912|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87173433/aggies-overwhelmed-by-st-johns-squad/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 9|at|{{cfb link|year=1912|team=Gallaudet Bison|title=Gallaudet}}|Kendall Green|Washington, DC|W 13-7||{{cite news|title=Gallaudet Surprises the Maryland Aggies|newspaper=the Baltimore Sun|date=November 10, 1912|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87173578/gallaudet-surprises-the-maryland-aggies/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 23|at|{{cfb link|year=1912|team=Western Maryland Green Terror|title=Western Maryland}}||Westminster, MD|W 17-7||{{cite news|title=Western Maryland Loses First Home Game in Eight Years: Aggies Win From Western Maryland|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=November 24, 1912|page=II-3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87173818/western-maryland-loses-first-home-game/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 28|at|{{cfb link|year=1912|team=Pennsylvania Military College|title=Pennsylvania Military}}||Chester, PA|T 13-13||{{cite news|title=Aggies Play Tie Game: Wonderful Playing Off Morris Saves Farmers From Defeat|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=November 29, 1912|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87174013/aggies-play-tie-game/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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