1913 college football season Harvard defeating Princeton
Champion(s) Auburn Chicago Harvard
← 1912 ·
football seasons
· 1914 →
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.
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 [ ]
One new conference began play in 1913:
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin – active NCAA Division III conference now known as the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Membership changes [ ]
School
1912 Conference
1913 Conference
Kansas State Wildcats
Independent
MVIAA
North Texas State Normal football
Program Established
Independent
Ohio State Buckeyes
OAC
Big Nine (Western)
Western Kentucky State Normal Hilltoppers
Program Established
Independent
Conference standings [ ]
Major conference standings [ ]
1913 Missouri Valley football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Missouri +
4
–
0
–
0
7
–
1
–
0
Nebraska +
3
–
0
–
0
8
–
0
–
0
Kansas
3
–
2
–
0
5
–
3
–
0
Iowa State
2
–
2
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
Drake
1
–
3
–
0
4
–
3
–
1
Kansas State
0
–
2
–
0
3
–
4
–
1
Washington University
0
–
4
–
0
1
–
5
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
1913 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Colorado $
4
–
0
–
1
5
–
1
–
1
Colorado Mines
5
–
1
–
0
5
–
1
–
0
Colorado College
2
–
2
–
1
5
–
2
–
1
Colorado Agricultural $
2
–
2
–
0
3
–
2
–
0
Utah
1
–
2
–
0
2
–
4
–
1
Denver
1
–
3
–
0
2
–
5
–
0
Wyoming
0
–
5
–
0
0
–
5
–
0
1913 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
North Carolina A&M $
2
–
0
–
0
6
–
1
–
0
Washington and Lee
3
–
1
–
0
8
–
1
–
0
Virginia
1
–
1
–
0
7
–
1
–
0
VPI
1
–
1
–
0
7
–
1
–
1
Georgetown
1
–
1
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
Johns Hopkins
0
–
2
–
0
0
–
3
–
0
North Carolina
0
–
3
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Auburn $
8
–
0
–
0
8
–
0
–
0
Mississippi A&M
4
–
1
–
1
6
–
1
–
1
Georgia
3
–
1
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
Vanderbilt
3
–
1
–
0
5
–
3
–
0
Georgia Tech
5
–
2
–
0
7
–
2
–
0
Alabama
4
–
3
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
LSU
1
–
1
–
2
6
–
1
–
2
Sewanee
2
–
2
–
0
4
–
3
–
0
Florida
2
–
2
–
0
4
–
3
–
0
Clemson
2
–
4
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
Mississippi College
1
–
2
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Tennessee
1
–
3
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
The Citadel
0
–
3
–
1
3
–
4
–
2
Mercer
0
–
4
–
1
2
–
5
–
1
Kentucky
0
–
1
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
Texas A&M
0
–
1
–
1
3
–
4
–
2
Centre
0
–
2
–
0
2
–
5
–
0
Tulane
0
–
4
–
0
3
–
5
–
0
1913 Western Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Chicago $
7
–
0
–
0
7
–
0
–
0
Iowa
2
–
1
–
0
5
–
2
–
0
Minnesota
2
–
1
–
0
5
–
2
–
0
Purdue
2
–
1
–
2
4
–
1
–
2
Illinois
2
–
2
–
1
4
–
2
–
1
Wisconsin
1
–
2
–
1
3
–
3
–
1
Ohio State
1
–
2
–
0
4
–
2
–
1
Indiana
2
–
4
–
0
3
–
4
–
0
Northwestern
0
–
6
–
0
1
–
6
–
0
Independents [ ]
1913 Eastern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
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
1913 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
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
1913 Southern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
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
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
1913 Western college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Washington
–
7
–
0
–
0
New Mexico A&M
–
7
–
0
–
1
Oregon Agricultural
–
3
–
2
–
3
Washington State
–
4
–
4
–
0
Oregon
–
3
–
3
–
1
Idaho
–
3
–
3
–
0
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 [ ]
Conference
Champion(s)
Record
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
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Hampton $
4
–
0
–
0
6
–
0
–
0
Howard
2
–
1
–
1
3
–
1
–
1
Lincoln (PA)
0
–
1
–
1
0
–
1
–
1
Virginia Union
0
–
2
–
0
3
–
2
–
0
Shaw
0
–
2
–
0
0
–
3
–
0
1913 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Southern Illinois
–
4
–
3
–
1
Carthage
1
–
2
–
0
3
–
3
–
1
1913 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
College of Emporia +
5
–
0
–
1
5
–
2
–
1
Southwestern (KS) +
4
–
1
–
1
6
–
1
–
1
Washburn
2
–
0
–
2
3
–
2
–
2
Kansas State
2
–
1
–
1
3
–
4
–
1
Baker
3
–
2
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
Friends
3
–
2
–
0
?
–
?
–
?
Kansas State Normal
4
–
4
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Cooper
3
–
3
–
0
?
–
?
–
?
Pittsburg Normal
1
–
1
–
1
4
–
2
–
1
St. Mary's (KS)
2
–
3
–
0
3
–
4
–
1
Fairmount
1
–
6
–
0
2
–
6
–
1
Hays Normal
0
–
1
–
0
4
–
2
–
0
Kansas City University
0
–
2
–
0
0
–
3
–
0
Ottawa
0
–
4
–
0
1
–
4
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
1913 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Olivet $
3
–
1
–
0
4
–
3
–
0
Alma
2
–
1
–
0
3
–
4
–
0
Hillsdale
2
–
1
–
1
2
–
3
–
1
Albion
3
–
2
–
1
3
–
3
–
1
Adrian
1
–
2
–
0
2
–
4
–
0
Kalamazoo
0
–
4
–
0
2
–
4
–
0
1913 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Oberlin $
5
–
0
–
1
6
–
1
–
1
Ohio State
3
–
0
–
1
4
–
2
–
1
Denison
4
–
1
–
0
5
–
2
–
0
Miami (OH)
4
–
2
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
Cincinnati
4
–
2
–
1
5
–
3
–
1
Western Reserve
3
–
2
–
1
4
–
4
–
1
Case
3
–
3
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Kenyon
1
–
3
–
1
5
–
3
–
1
Wooster
1
–
3
–
1
2
–
3
–
2
Ohio
1
–
3
–
0
2
–
5
–
1
Ohio Wesleyan
1
–
6
–
0
2
–
7
–
0
Wittenberg
0
–
5
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
Awards and honors [ ]
All-Americans [ ]
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
Charlie 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: Charlie Brickley, Harvard, 13
See also [ ]
1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
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