1913 Harvard Crimson football team

1913 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference Independent
1913 record 9–0
Head coach Percy Haughton (6th year)
Captain Robert Treat Paine Storer
Home stadium Harvard Stadium

The 1913 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1913 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion with Chicago by Parke H. Davis.[1] They outscored their opponents 225 to 21.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 27 Maine* Harvard StadiumAllston, MA W 34–0  
October 4 Bates* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 14–0  
October 11 Williams* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 23–3  
October 18 Holy Cross* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 47–7  
October 25 Penn State* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 29–0  
November 1 Cornell* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 23–6  
November 8 at Princeton* Osborne FieldPrinceton, NJ W 3–0  
November 15 Brown* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA W 37–0  
November 22 at Yale* Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA (Rivalry) W 15–5  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. 1913 Harvard University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 7, 2013.
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