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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 .[ 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:
Membership changes
Conference standings
Major conference standings
For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.
Independents
Minor conferences
Minor conference standings
Awards and honors
All-Americans
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
See also
References