1911 Kentucky State College Wildcats football team

1911 Kentucky State College Wildcats football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	7–3 (2–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Prentiss Douglass (1st season)
Captain	Tom Earle

1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 30	Maryville (TN)	Stoll Field Lexington, KY	W 13–0	[3]
October 7	Morris Harvey	Stoll Field Lexington, KY	W 12–0	[4]
October 14	at Miami (OH)	Oxford, OH	W 12–0	[5]
October 21	Lexington High School	Stoll Field Lexington, KY	W 17–0	[6]
October 28	Cincinnati	Stoll Field Lexington, KY	L 0–6	[7]
November 4	at Georgetown (KY)	Hinton Field Georgetown, KY	W 0–18	[8]
November 11	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 18–0	[9]
November 18	Transylvania	Lexington, KY	L 5–12	[10]
November 23	Central University (KY)	Stoll Field Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 8–5	[11]
November 30	Tennessee	Stoll Field Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 12–0	[12]

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). homepages.transy.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 1, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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 .
9. "Kentucky State Puts Up Great Game Vs. Vandy". The Tennessean. November 12, 1911. p. 22. Retrieved April 25, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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.