The 1913 season
421 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Auburn, Chicago and Harvard claim the national title. Share
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Scoreboards
Conference champions
Major college
- Rocky Mountain Conference
- Colorado
- South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- NC State
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Auburn
- Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Texas
Small college
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Hampton
- Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Eastern Illinois
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- ERobert Hogsett, Dartmouth
- ELouis A. Merrilat, Army
- OTMiller Pontius, Michigan
- OTHarold Ballin, Princeton
- OTBud Talbott, Yale
- OTHarvey Hitchcock, Harvard
- OGJohn Brown, Navy
- OGStan Pennock, Harvard
- OGRay Keeler, Wisconsin
- CPaul Des Jardien, Chicago
- QBEllery Huntington Jr., Colgate
- QBGus Dorais, Notre Dame
- RBJames B. Craig, Michigan
- FBEddie Mahan, Harvard
- FBCharles Brickley, Harvard
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1913 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1913 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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AUBURN’S MACHINE CRUsHES DEFENSE Human SteamroIIer Too Much for Georgia GeorgIa’s Lone Touchdown Resuit Of Nice Forward Pass. Nothing Doing Afterwards. IWenty-o one to Seven. Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 22-Boring with the force OF a pile driver. Auburn to day rushed and shattered the Uni versity Of Georria’s q. Tense. defeat ing the Red and Black 21 70 : and winning the Southern INTERCOLLEGIATE football championship. More than 5000 frenZied spectators cheered the gridiron ~gladiators in the exciting contest. Very few individual plans OF a nature We’re executed. The Alabama back field Was hurled relentlessly against the Georgia line with machine-like regularity. In vain the Red and Black linesmen threw themselves before the human steam roller. Kirk Newell, captain Of the Auburn squad, and Bob” McWhorter tho leader of the Georgia team. always We’re TO be found in the thick Of the fray. Each team, however. was prepared for the rival star and neither captain was able 70 make his customary brilliant runs. The weather was perfect for spectators but a trifie too warm for the players when Henderson for Georgia kicked off TO Newell. The Auburn batterins-ram began its at once, but after Il penalty N ‘.1 ot>N ~ 1ei8@F $50 80 49,. ball to Georgia on the latter’s IS yard line. McWhOrter, Paddock. Powell and Crump drove f~iercely into the Auburn line to within striking dis tance of the Alabama goal. Paddock then received the bah, shot il TO Logan, who sprinted across the goal line. Henderson kicked goal. Auburn tied the score early in the ) second quarter. Straight line plunges l 90 rrin n the hnil 70 aarcia fA,,r N-a line and Harris drilled through tackle and guard for a touchdown. Arnold kicked goal. Auburn received the bal on h kickoff for the third quarter ! and Newell, Arnold and Harris bat 2 tered their way down the field = ! within twenty-five yards of Georgia l goal line. Christopher. fresh and | eager, replaced Harris at full for Aul burn. His strength told on the weak, > ening Georgia line and by short con sistent gains he reached the Georgia goal. Arnold again kicked goal. : Auburn had possession Of the bal !. in the center of the field when ths : third quarter ended. The Alabams : back field began the final period with a rush that netted continual gains o five and ten yards Captain Newell unexpectedly circled left end for ! yards and was stopped within seveoi’ 1b1 - Aiil Aoitbiff plunged through for Auburn’s fna , touchdown and Arnold kicked goal. Georgia tried several trick plays bu the same ended without Auburn s goa , again being seriously threatened. d The Lineup and Summary. Auburn. Position. Georgl Left Enc kearley Gonkii Left Tackle ,. Louisell, Wynne Henderso Left Guard Thigpen Conyers. Mckinno Pitts De La Pierr Right Guard Lockwood. Steed. Malone. Thras Hairston Right Tackle Esslinger. Cuipepper Turn’ Right End Robinson Logan. Smst’ over Quarterback Aronid PADDED Left Halfback Newell .Capt.) Crump, Broyle DORIS. Right Halfback Pendergrast. Hart McWhorte Sparkman Capt Frllback Harris. BideZ, Powell. Sldber % Christopher, Hart = Summary: Referee. Brown. Va “a derbilt: Umpire. Williams. Virgin – Head Linesrnan. Devore, Army. Tn – Of quarters. Is minutes Touchdown = Logan /: Harris / Christopher ~ Goals from touchdoWns, Henderson a. Arnold >.