Walter Camp has commented as follows on the success of the football rules of 1912:
"The rules of 1912 have produced a game that gives every opportunity for developing an all-around attack, at the same time promising positive returns in the shape of scores for that attack. In advocating the change in the rules, the idea expressed was if a team be better than another let the rules so stand as to show this on the field and score board. The rules have justified themselves in this respect and have produced a game that pleases the public, the players, and so far as may be, those who have formerly criticised, for it gives an hour of exciting, strenuous play with plenty of chances for exhibition of individual skill and team-work of a high order, and finally, thus far, the casualties have been less than for some seasons."
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