American 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. All three teams finished with undefeated records. Chicago and Harvard officially claim national championships for theββ1913 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 changesβ»
Conference changesβ»
- One new conference began play in 1913:
Membership changesβ»
Conference standingsβ»
Major conference standingsβ»
For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.
Independentsβ»
Minor conferencesβ»
Minor conference standingsβ»
Awards and honorsβ»
All-Americansβ»
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 leadersβ»
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»