1913 Harvard

9–⁠0, coached by Percy Haughton.

Schedule and results

Harvard in 1913, game by game: won vs. Maine 34–0; won vs. Bates 14–0; won vs. Williams 23–3; won vs. Holy Cross 47–7; won vs. Penn State 29–0; won vs. Cornell 23–6; won at Princeton 3–0; won vs. Brown 37–0; won vs. Yale 15–5+40Won 34–0 vs. Maine+34MaineWon 14–0 vs. Bates+14BatesWon 23–3 vs. Williams+20WilliamsWon 47–7 vs. Holy Cross+40Holy CrossWon 29–0 vs. Penn State+29Penn StateWon 23–6 vs. Cornell+17CornellWon 3–0 at Princeton+3PrincetonWon 37–0 vs. Brown+37BrownWon 15–5 vs. Yale+10Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsMaineW 34–⁠097%
Oct 4vsBatesW 14–⁠095%
Oct 11vsWilliamsW 23–⁠393%
Oct 18vsHoly CrossW 47–⁠782%
Oct 25vsPenn StateW 29–⁠066%
Nov 1vsCornellW 23–⁠687%
Nov 8atPrincetonW 3–⁠049%
Nov 15vsBrownW 37–⁠086%
Nov 22vsYaleW 15–⁠574%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Yale 15–⁠5.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Photographs from 1913

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1913.

National championsa title the school claims

4 consensus All-AmericansHarvey Hitchcock, OT; Stan Pennock, OG; Eddie Mahan, FB; Charles Brickley, FB

Record
9–⁠0
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
225–⁠21
Coach
Percy Haughton
Elo
1731 +83 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
33.4 No. 2 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Robert Treat Paine Storer