1913 Yale

5–⁠2–⁠3, coached by Howard Jones.

Yale v Princeton program
Yale v Princeton programPhoto: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Yale in 1913, game by game: won vs. Wesleyan (CT) 21–0; won vs. Holy Cross 10–0; tied vs. Maine 0–0; won vs. Lafayette 27–0; won vs. Lehigh 37–0; tied vs. Washington & Jefferson 0–0; lost vs. Colgate 6–16; won vs. Brown 17–0; tied vs. Princeton 3–3; lost at Harvard 5–15+37−10Won 21–0 vs. Wesleyan (CT)+21Wesleyan (CT)Won 10–0 vs. Holy Cross+10Holy CrossTied 0–0 vs. Maine0MaineWon 27–0 vs. Lafayette+27LafayetteWon 37–0 vs. Lehigh+37LehighTied 0–0 vs. Washington & Jefferson0Washington & Je…Lost 6–16 vs. Colgate-10ColgateWon 17–0 vs. Brown+17BrownTied 3–3 vs. Princeton0PrincetonLost 5–15 at Harvard-10Harvard
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Harvard 15–⁠5.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 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.

Record
5–⁠2–⁠3
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
126–⁠34
Coach
Howard Jones
Elo
1583 −11 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
25.6 No. 7 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Hank Ketcham