1913 college football season explained

Year:	1913
Champion:	Auburn Chicago Harvard
Heisman:	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.^[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
	Independent	MVIAA
	Program Established	Independent
		Big Nine (Western)
	Program Established	Independent

Conference standings

Major conference standings

For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.

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

Awards and honors

All-Americans

See main article: 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book. 70. The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. Indianapolis, IN. October 16, 2009.