1913 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1913 Harvard Crimson football 13harv.png 260 Independent 9–0 Percy Haughton 6th Robert Treat Paine Storer Harvard Stadium National champion (Helms, Houlgate, NCF)Co-national champion (Davis) The 1913 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1913 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Percy Haughton, the Crimson compiled a perfect 9–0 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 225 to 21.1913 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1913-schedule.html The season was part of an unbeaten streak that began in November 1911 and continued until October 1915. At the end of the season the team was named as the year's champion by The New York Times.December 14, 1913 Some of the Champions In Amateur Sports In America In 1913 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/12/14/issue.html The New York Times Sports; 1–2 Harvard Wins Championship After Season of Form Reversals Harvard was later retroactively named as national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion with Chicago by Parke H. Davis.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 4, 2016 PDF Four Harvard players were consensus first-team selections on the 1913 All-American football team: halfback Eddie Mahan, fullback Charles Brickley, guard Stan Pennock, and tackle Harvey Rexford Hitchcock Jr.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Other notable players included ends Huntington Hardwick and Francis Joseph O'Brien and tackle Robert Treat Paine Storer. Mahan, Pennock, and Hardwick were all inducted in the 1950s into the College Football Hall of Fame.Eddie Mahan National Football Foundation March 26, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1285Stan Pennock National Football Foundation March 26, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1286Huntington "Tack" Hardwick National Football Foundation March 26, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1284 Schedule September 27 3:00 p.m. w Maine Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 34–0 8,000–10,000 Harvard Beats Maine by 34 to 0: Rapid-Fire Scoring in First Eight Minutes of Play The Boston Globe September 28, 1913 1, 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94453440/harvard-beats-maine-by-34-to-0/ Newspapers.comHarvard Plays Today Its First Game of 1913 The Boston Globe September 27, 1913 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98441935/harvard-plays-today-its-first-game-of/ Newspapers.com October 4 3:00 p.m. w 1913 Bates Bobcats Bates Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 14–0 Bates Holds Harvard to 14-0 Score The Boston Globe October 5, 1913 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98439941/bates-holds-harvard-to-14-0-score/ Newspapers.com October 11 3:00 p.m. w 1913 Williams Ephs Williams Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 23–3 Williams Crumbles Under Final Smashing Attack of the Crimson The Boston Globe October 12, 1913 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98440265/williams-crumbles-under-final-smashing/ Newspapers.comHarvard Ready for Williams The Boston Globe October 11, 1913 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98442668/harvard-ready-for-williams/ Newspapers.com October 18 w Holy Cross Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 47–7 Holy Cross Victory October 12, 1913 11 The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73987612/1913-boston-hc/ October 25 w Penn State Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 29–0 Harvard Has It Easy, 29-0: Penn State Never Has Half a Chance in Stadium The Boston Globe October 26, 1913 1, 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98441483/harvard-has-it-easy-29-0-penn-state/ Newspapers.com November 1 2:00 p.m. w Cornell Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 23–6 15,000 Harvard's Game, 23-5: Cornell Never in Running The Boston Globe November 2, 1913 1, 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98440672/harvards-game-23-5-cornell-never-in/ Newspapers.comHarvard Minus Three Regulars The Boston Globe November 1, 1913 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98443069/harvard-minus-three-regulars/ Newspapers.com November 8 w y Princeton Osborne Field Princeton, NJ rivalry 3–0 25,000 Harvard Breaks an Old Tradition: Tigers Beaten on Own Field for First Time by Crimson The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. November 9, 1913 1, 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98435056/harvard-breaks-an-old-tradition-tigers/ Newspapers.com November 15 w Brown Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 37–0 > 25,000 Harvard Piles Up 37 Points on Brown The Boston Globe November 16, 1913 1, 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98441102/harvard-piles-up-37-points-on-brown/ Newspapers.com November 22 w Yale Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 15–5 50,000 Harvard Smashes Two Traditions, Pushing Yale Back To 15-5 Defeat The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr.date=November 23, 1913 1, 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98434437/harvard-smashes-two-traditions-pushing/ Newspapers.com Roster Bettle, FB Frederick Bradlee, HB Charles Brickley, FB Coolidge, E Cowen, G Dana, E Joseph Gilman, T Huntington Hardwick, HB Harvey Rexford Hitchcock Jr., T Logan, QB Eddie Mahan, HB Mills, G F. J. O'Brien, E Stan Pennock, G Ernest William Soucy, C Robert Treat Paine Storer, E Walter Henry Trumbull, C Withington, T References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:1910s in Boston