1913 college football season

American college football season September 2018 1913 13harv.png Harvard defeating Princeton 250 AuburnChicagoHarvard Not awarded until 1935 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. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book 70 The National Collegiate Athletic Association August 2009 Indianapolis, IN October 16, 2009 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 Independents Minor conferences ConferenceChampion(s)Record Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hampton Institute 4–0 Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin Superior NormalWhitewater Normal 5–0–1 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State AgriculturalWashburn College 2–1–12–0–2 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 Awards and honors All-Americans 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 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season References