1913 college football season

The 1913 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Auburn, Chicago, and Harvard as having been selected national champions.[1] All three teams finished with undefeated records. Chicago and Harvard officially claim national championships for the 1913 season.

1913 college football season
Harvard defeating Princeton
Champion(s)Auburn
Chicago
Harvard
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Chicago was also the champion of the Western Conference, Missouri was champion of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA), and Colorado won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Conference and program changes

Conference changes

Membership changes
School1912 Conference1913 Conference
Kansas State WildcatsIndependentMVIAA
North Texas State Normal footballProgram EstablishedIndependent
Ohio State BuckeyesOACBig Nine (Western)
Western Kentucky State Normal HilltoppersProgram EstablishedIndependent

Conference standings

Major conference standings
1913 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
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Missouri + 4 –0 –07 –1 –0
Nebraska + 3 –0 –08 –0 –0
Kansas 3 –2 –05 –3 –0
Iowa State 2 –2 –04 –4 –0
Drake 1 –3 –04 –3 –1
Kansas State 0 –2 –03 –4 –1
Washington University 0 –4 –01 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1913 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
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Colorado $ 4 –0 –15 –1 –1
Colorado Mines 5 –1 –05 –1 –0
Colorado College 2 –2 –15 –2 –1
Colorado Agricultural $ 2 –2 –03 –2 –0
Utah 1 –2 –02 –4 –1
Denver 1 –3 –02 –5 –0
Wyoming 0 –5 –00 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1913 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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North Carolina A&M $ 2 –0 –06 –1 –0
Washington and Lee 3 –1 –08 –1 –0
Virginia 1 –1 –07 –1 –0
VPI 1 –1 –07 –1 –1
Georgetown 1 –1 –04 –4 –0
Johns Hopkins 0 –2 –00 –3 –0
North Carolina 0 –3 –05 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1913 Northwest Conference football standings
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Washington $ 4 –0 –07 –0 –0
Oregon Agricultural 3 –1 –13 –2 –3
Idaho 2 –2 –03 –3 –0
Oregon 1 –1 –13 –3 –1
Washington State 1 –3 –04 –4 –0
Whitman 0 –4 –01 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
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Auburn $ 8 –0 –08 –0 –0
Mississippi A&M 4 –1 –16 –1 –1
Georgia 3 –1 –06 –2 –0
Georgia Tech 5 –2 –07 –2 –0
Vanderbilt 2 –1 –05 –3 –0
Alabama 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
LSU 1 –1 –26 –1 –2
Sewanee 2 –2 –04 –3 –0
Florida 2 –2 –04 –3 –0
Clemson 2 –4 –04 –4 –0
Mississippi College 1 –2 –06 –3 –0
Tennessee 1 –3 –06 –3 –0
The Citadel 0 –3 –13 –4 –2
Mercer 0 –4 –12 –5 –1
Kentucky 0 –1 –06 –2 –0
Texas A&M 0 –1 –13 –4 –2
Centre 0 –2 –02 –5 –0
Tulane 0 –4 –03 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1913 Western Conference football standings
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Chicago $ 7 –0 –07 –0 –0
Iowa 2 –1 –05 –2 –0
Minnesota 2 –1 –05 –2 –0
Purdue 2 –1 –24 –1 –2
Illinois 2 –2 –14 –2 –1
Wisconsin 1 –2 –13 –3 –1
Ohio State 1 –2 –04 –2 –1
Indiana 2 –4 –03 –4 –0
Northwestern 0 –6 –01 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Independents
1913 Eastern college football independents records
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Harvard   –  9 –0 –0
Carlisle   –  10 –1 –1
Washington & Jefferson   –  10 –0 –1
Army   –  8 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –  7 –1 –0
Tufts   –  7 –1 –0
Colgate   –  6 –1 –1
Franklin & Marshall   –  6 –2 –0
Pittsburgh   –  6 –2 –1
Princeton   –  5 –2 –1
Yale   –  5 –2 –3
Rutgers   –  6 –3 –0
Penn   –  6 –3 –1
Villanova   –  4 –2 –1
Lehigh   –  5 –3 –0
Bucknell   –  6 –4 –0
Cornell   –  5 –4 –1
Boston College   –  4 –3 –1
Syracuse   –  6 –4 –0
Fordham   –  3 –3 –2
Geneva   –  4 –4 –0
Lafayette   –  4 –5 –1
Brown   –  4 –5 –0
Duquesne   –  3 –5 –1
Carnegie Tech   –  2 –4 –1
Holy Cross   –  3 –6 –0
Temple   –  1 –3 –2
Penn State   –  2 –6 –0
Rhode Island State   –  2 –6 –0
Vermont   –  1 –5 –0
NYU   –  0 –8 –0
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Michigan Agricultural   –  7 –0 –0
Notre Dame   –  7 –0 –0
Western State Normal (MI)   –  4 –0 –0
Haskell   –  10 –1 –0
Michigan   –  6 –1 –0
Lake Forest   –  5 –1 –1
Doane   –  5 –1 –2
St. Mary's (OH)   –  4 –1 –1
Wabash   –  5 –2 –0
Detroit   –  5 –3 –1
Heidelberg   –  4 –3 –0
Marquette   –  4 –3 –1
Mount Union   –  4 –3 –2
Saint Louis   –  5 –4 –1
South Dakota   –  3 –3 –0
Northern Illinois State   –  3 –3 –3
Akron   –  3 –4 –0
Iowa State Teachers   –  2 –3 –1
Ohio Northern   –  4 –6 –1
Butler   –  2 –4 –1
Michigan State Normal   –  2 –3 –1
North Dakota Agricultural   –  0 –2 –2
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Rice   –  4 –0 –0
Western Kentucky State Normal   –  1 –0 –0
Texas   –  7 –1 –0
Navy   –  7 –1 –1
VMI   –  7 –1 –2
Louisville   –  5 –1 –0
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –  5 –1 –1
Arkansas   –  7 –2 –0
Oklahoma   –  6 –2 –0
Kendall   –  5 –2 –0
TCU   –  5 –2 –1
Furman   –  6 –3 –0
Maryland   –  6 –3 –0
Ole Miss   –  6 –3 –1
Presbyterian   –  5 –3 –0
Howard   –  5 –3 –1
Richmond   –  5 –3 –1
Chattanooga   –  4 –3 –0
Oklahoma A&M   –  4 –3 –0
South Carolina   –  4 –3 –0
Baylor   –  4 –4 –2
Florida Southern   –  1 –1 –0
Polytechnic (TX)   –  2 –2 –4
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –  4 –4 –0
Southwest Texas State   –  4 –4 –0
Spring Hill   –  3 –3 –0
West Virginia   –  3 –4 –2
Louisiana Industrial   –  3 –4 –1
Marshall   –  3 –4 –0
Delaware   –  2 –4 –2
Catholic University   –  1 –4 –1
Davidson   –  2 –5 –0
Mississippi Normal   –  1 –5 –1
West Tennessee State Normal   –  1 –2 –0
North Texas State Normal   –  0 –1 –0
Wake Forest   –  0 –8 –0
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New Mexico A&M   –  7 –0 –1
Utah Agricultural   –  3 –3 –0
New Mexico   –  3 –2 –0
Arizona   –  2 –2 –0
Montana A&M   –  2 –2 –0
Montana   –  2 –4 –0

Minor conferences
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Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hampton Institute 4–0
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin Superior Normal
Whitewater Normal		 5–0–1
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State Agricultural
Washburn College		 2–1–1
2–0–2
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Unknown —
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Olivet 3–1
Ohio Athletic Conference Oberlin 5–0–1
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Fisk (TN) —
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Texas —

Minor conference standings
1913 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Hampton $ 4 –0 –06 –0 –0
Howard 2 –1 –13 –1 –1
Lincoln (PA) 0 –1 –10 –1 –1
Virginia Union 0 –2 –03 –2 –0
Shaw 0 –2 –00 –3 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1913 Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Richmond $ 3 –0 –05 –3 –1
Hampden–Sydney 2 –1 –03 –6 –0
Randolph–Macon 1 –2 –04 –4 –1
William & Mary 0 –3 –00 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1913 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Southern Illinois   –  4 –3 –1
Carthage 1 –2 –03 –3 –1
1913 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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College of Emporia + 5 –0 –15 –2 –1
Southwestern (KS) + 4 –1 –16 –1 –1
Washburn 2 –0 –23 –2 –2
Kansas State 2 –1 –13 –4 –1
Baker 3 –2 –04 –4 –0
Friends 3 –2 –0 ? – ? – ?
Kansas State Normal 4 –4 –04 –6 –0
Cooper 3 –3 –0 ? – ? – ?
Pittsburg Normal 1 –1 –14 –2 –1
St. Mary's (KS) 2 –3 –03 –4 –1
Fairmount 1 –6 –02 –6 –1
Hays Normal 0 –1 –04 –2 –0
Kansas City University 0 –2 –00 –3 –0
Ottawa 0 –4 –01 –4 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1913 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Olivet $ 3 –1 –04 –3 –0
Alma 2 –1 –03 –4 –0
Hillsdale 2 –1 –12 –3 –1
Albion 3 –2 –13 –3 –1
Adrian 1 –2 –02 –4 –0
Kalamazoo 0 –4 –02 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1913 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
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Oberlin $ 5 –0 –16 –1 –1
Ohio State 3 –0 –14 –2 –1
Denison 4 –1 –05 –2 –0
Miami (OH) 4 –2 –06 –2 –0
Cincinnati 4 –2 –15 –3 –1
Western Reserve 3 –2 –14 –4 –1
Case 3 –3 –04 –5 –0
Kenyon 1 –3 –15 –3 –1
Wooster 1 –3 –12 –3 –2
Ohio 1 –3 –02 –5 –1
Ohio Wesleyan 1 –6 –02 –7 –0
Wittenberg 0 –5 –03 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1913 Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference football standings
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Superior Normal + 2 –0 –15 –0 –2
Whitewater Normal + 2 –0 –25 –1 –2
Milwaukee Normal 2 –1 –13 –3 –1
La Crosse Normal 1 –1 –12 –2 –2
Oshkosh Normal 1 –2 –01 –5 –0
Platteville Normal 1 –2 –04 –3 –0
River Falls Normal 0 –1 –11 –3 –1
Stevens Point Normal 0 –2 –00 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Awards and honors

All-Americans
Main article: 1913 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Ellery Huntington Jr. 5'9" 160 Sr. Nashville, Tennessee Colgate
QB Gus Dorais Sr. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Notre Dame
HB James B. Craig 160 Sr. Detroit, Michigan Michigan
HB Eddie Mahan 5'11" 171 So. Natick, Massachusetts Harvard
FB Charles Brickley 5'10" 181 Jr. Everett, Massachusetts Harvard
E Robert Hogsett 5'6" 156 Sr. Cleveland, Ohio Dartmouth
T Miller Pontius 6'1" 189 Sr. Circleville, Ohio Michigan
T Bud Talbott 6'1" 190 Jr. Dayton, Ohio Yale
G John Brown Sr. Canton, Pennsylvania Navy
G Ray Keeler Jr. Bagley, Wisconsin Wisconsin
C Paul Des Jardien 6'5" 190 Jr. Chicago, Illinois Chicago
G Stan Pennock 5'8" 193 Jr. Syracuse, New York Harvard
T Harold Ballin 6'1" 194 Jr. New York, New York Princeton
T Harvey Hitchcock Sr. Kingdom of Hawaii Harvard
E Louis A. Merrilat Jr. Chicago, Illinois Army

Statistical leaders
  • Player scoring most points: Johnny Spiegel, Washington & Jefferson, 127
  • Passing yards leader: Gus Dorais, Notre Dame, 510+
  • Player scoring most field goals: Charles Brickley, Harvard, 13

See also

References
  1. Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved October 16, 2009.


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