1913 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1913 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Notre Dame football team, 1913.JPG 285 Independent 7–0 Jesse Harper 1st Single-wing Knute Rockne Cartier Field The 1913 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1913 college football season. In their first year under head coach Jesse Harper, the Irish compiled a perfect 7–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 268 to 41. It was Notre Dame's third consecutive undefeated season. Harper in 1913 began Notre Dame's practice of scheduling games against elite intersectional opponents. The season included the first game in the Army–Notre Dame football rivalry (a 35–13 Notre Dame victory) and victories over Penn State and Texas.1913 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football July 1, 2026 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/notre-dame/1913-schedule.htmlThe Peerless Squad of the Gold and Blue The Notre Dame Scholastic December 13, 1913 https://archives.nd.edu/Football/Football-1913s.pdf Notre Dame Archives Some contend that Notre Dame's upset victory over Army in 1913 marks "the true 'birth' of Notre Dame's football program."1913: The Program Changer Fighting Irish.com August 27, 2013 https://fightingirish.com/1913-the-program-changer/ July 1, 2026 Key players included quarterback Gus Dorais, end and team captain Knute Rockne, fullback Ray Eichenlaub, and guard Freeman Fitzgerald. Dorais, Rockne, and Eichenlaub all won consensus first-team honors on the 1913 All-Western college football team.Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND December 6, 1913 6 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042373/1913-12-06/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1908&index=5&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=all+all-western+Football+FOOTBALL+football+footballers+western&proxdistance=5&date2=1913&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=all-western&andtext=football&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The team played its home games at Cartier Field in Notre Dame, Indiana. Schedule October 4 3:30 p.m. w Ohio Northern Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN 87–0 Football Season Opens Here Today—Notre Dame and Ohio Northern the Curtain Raiser—Local Team is Getting Down to Form Through Hard Work https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-bend-news-times/168115930/ South Bend News-Times South Bend, Indiana October 4, 1913 6 March 16, 2025 Newspapers.com Notre Dame Squad Wins Initial Game https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune/168116401/ South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana October 6, 1913 10 March 16, 2025 Newspapers.com October 18 w South Dakota Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN 20–7 October 25 3:30 p.m. w Alma Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN 62–0 Varsity Is Given Scare By Scrubs https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-bend-news-times/140648126/ South Bend News-Times South Bend, Indiana October 25, 1913 6 February 10, 2024 Newspapers.com Harper's Warriors Defeat Alma Squad https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-bend-news-times/140648330/ South Bend News-Times South Bend, Indiana October 27, 1913 10 February 10, 2024 Newspapers.com November 1 w y Army The Plain West Point, NY rivalry 35–13 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zhJQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LQoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4515%2C1131670 Milwaukee Sentinel Army outclassed by Notre Dame November 2, 1913 1, sports June 2026 InternetArchiveBot https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RrIeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KEkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3588%2C322440 Pittsburgh Press Notre Dame swamps Army November 2, 1913 4, sports November 7 w y Penn State New Beaver Field State College, PA rivalry 14–7 Notre Dame Wins Over Penn State: Forward Passes and Gains by Eichenlaub Beat Easterners, 14 to 7 The Chicago Daily Tribune November 8, 1913 13 https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-notre-dame-wins-over-pen/200742751/ Newspapers.com November 22 w y Christian Brothers (MO) Robison Field St. Louis, MO 20–7 Notre Dame Men Hard Pressed to Beat C.B.C., 20-7: College Eleven, First to Score, Is Beaten in Last Period by Giant Eichenlaub and Dorais St. Louis Post-Dispatch November 28, 1913 18 https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-college-eleven/140118329/ Newspapers.com November 27 w y Texas Clark Field Austin, TX 30–7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123379050/kansas-aggies-swamped-by-texas/ The Chicago Daily Tribune Notre Dame team beats Texas, 29–7 November 28, 1913 April 23, 2023 Newspapers.com https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/notre-dame/1913-schedule.html 1913 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results Game summaries Week 4: at Army On November 1, Notre Dame upset Army, 35–13, on The Plain at West Point. Led by quarterback Gus Dorais and future head coach Knute Rockne at end, Notre Dame attacked the Cadets with an offense that featured both a powerful running game and long and accurate downfield forward passes from Dorais to Rockne. This game has often been miscredited as the invention of the forward pass. Prior to this contest, receivers would come to a full stop and wait on the ball to come to them, but in this contest, Dorais threw to Rockne in stride, changing the forward pass from a seldom-used play into the dominant ball-moving strategy that it is today.July 2026 Personnel Players Alvin Berger, halfback Alfred Bergman, halfback William J. Cook, guard/tackle Gus Dorais, quarterback Ed Duggan, fullback Ray Eichenlaub, fullback Mal Elward, end Albert G. Feeney, center Charles T. Finegan, halfback Freeman Fitzgerald, guard Fred Gushurst, end Keith K. "Deac" Jones, tackle Emmett Keefe, guard Albert V. King, guard Arthur B. Larkin, halfback Ralph G. Lathrop, tackle Joseph S. Pliska, halfback Knute Rockne, end and captain Coaching staff Head coach - Jesse Harper References Notre Dame Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Notre Dame Fighting Irish football